Kalyanakaraka 3.3.3

3.3.3

yahāṃ tīnasau haḍḍī, aura tīna sau saṃdhi batalāyī gayī haiṃ . lekina jitanī haḍḍī haiṃ utanī hī saṃdhi kaise ho sakatī haiṃ ? kyoṃki do haḍḍiyoṃ ke juḍane para eka saṃdhi hotī hai . isaliye asthi saṃkhyā se, saṃdhiyoṃkī saṃkhyā kama honā svābhāvika hai . suśruta meṃ bhī 300 asthi 210 saṃdhi batalāyī ga+ī haiṃ . yadyapi hameṃ prāpta tīna pratiyoṃme bhī tri tri navapratītaṃ yahī pāṭha milatā hai . to bhī yaha pāṭha aśuddha mālūma hotā hai . yaha lipikāroṃkā doṣa mālūma hotā hai .

Here three hundred bones and three hundred joints have been stated. But how can there be as many joints as there are bones? Because when two bones join, there is one joint. Therefore, it is natural that the number of joints is fewer than the number of bones. In Suśruta also, 300 bones and 210 joints are stated. Although in the three manuscripts available to us the reading 'tri tri navapratītaṃ' is found, nonetheless this reading seems corrupt. This appears to be an error of the scribes.