72000 Nadis -

| Level | Number | Description | |-------|--------|-------------| | | 3 | Iḍā (left, lunar), Piṅgalā (right, solar), Suṣumnā (central, fire) | | Major | 14 (or 10) | Include Gāndhārī, Hastijihvā, Kuhū, Sarasvatī, Puṣā, Śaṅkhinī, etc. | | Minor | ~72,000 | Fine branching capillaries of prāṇa, pervading every joint, limb, and cell. |

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No direct 1:1 mapping exists. Nāḍīs are prāṇamaya (energy) not annamaya (flesh). Many modern researchers equate them with a biofield infrastructure. 72000 nadis

These channels are considered "subtle" because they are not visible to the naked eye or standard medical imaging. However, they are often compared to the meridian system in Traditional Chinese Medicine or the complex neural pathways in modern neuroscience. The Three Principal Channels etc. | | Minor | ~72