Hindu initiations

*AS PER THE AYURVEDA, APANA IS THE FORCE EQUIVALENT TO GRAVITY PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BODY. IN ALL LIVING BEINGS, IT AIDS BODILY FUNCTIONS OF INGESTION - TAKING IN OF FOOD; DIGESTION - PROCESS OF MOVING AND BREAKING DOWN FOOD INTO ABSORBABLE NUTRIENTS; EXCRETION - DISCARDING THE BODY WASTES SUCH AS DEFECATION; MICTURITION - URINATION; PARTURITION - GIVING BIRTH;