[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 4.7 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.7 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.1) iha khalu śarīre ṣaṭ tvaco bhavanti | udakadharā prathamā ' sṛgdharā dvitīyā,sidhmakilāsasaṃbhava\[maṃ\] adhiṣṭhānā tṛtīyā, dadrukuṣṭhasambhavādhiṣṭhānā caturthī, alajīvidridhisambhavādhiṣṭhānā pañcamī, ṣaṣṭhī tu yasyāṃ chinnāyāmuttāmyati timiramivānupraviśati duṣṭāruṣkāṇi cāsya yāmāśrity a jāyante iti || > Here indeed, there are six layers of skin in the body. The first is the water-bearing; the second is the blood-bearing; the third is the seat of the arising of sidhma and kilāsa; the fourth is the seat of the arising of ringworm and kuṣṭha; the fifth is the seat of the arising of alajī and abscess; while the sixth is that which, when cut, causes one to faint and enter as if into darkness, and based on which malignant boils arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.2) asthigaṇanā---trīṇisaṣaṣṭīni\[saṣaṣṭhiṇi śavā\] śatānyasthnāṃ tad yathā---dvātriṃśaddantāḥ, dvātriṃśaddantolūkhalāni, viṃśatirnakhāḥ\[paṇipādaśalānānyaṅgulyasthīni\], ṣaṣṭiḥ pāṇipādāṅgulyasthīni, viṃśatiḥ pāṇipādaśalākāḥ, catvāri pāṇīpādaśalākādhiṣṭhānāni, dvepārṣṇyor asthinī\[pārṣorasthīni\], catvāraḥ pādayoḥ gulphāḥ, dvau maṇikau, māṇike dve hastayoḥ,catvāryaratnyor asthīni\[catvāryaśayo\], dve jaṅghayoḥ, dve jānunī, dve jānukapālike, dvāvūrunalakau\[dāvūrudvāvūrunaśaktau\], dvāvaṃsau, dve aṃsaphalake, dvāvakṣakau, ekaṃ jatru, dve tālunī, dve cibuke, dve śroṇiphalake, ekaṃ bhagāsthi, pañcacatvāriṃśatpṛṣṭhagatānyasthīni\[pṛṣṭhagatau dhṛsthini\], pañcadaśa grīvāyām, caturdaśorasi, caturviṃśatiḥ parśukāḥ pārśvayoḥ, tāvanti\[yāvanti\] caiva sthālakāni, tāvanti caiva sthālakārbudakāni, ekaṃ hanvasthi, dve hanubandhane, ekaṃ nāsāsthi-hanu\[tathā hanu\]-kūṭalalāṭam, catvāri śīrṣakapālāni || > Enumeration of the bones: three hundred and sixty bones, as follows: thirty-two teeth, thirty-two tooth-sockets, twenty nails, sixty finger- and toe-bones, twenty long bones of the hands and feet, four bases of the long bones of the hands and feet, two heel-bones, four ankles of the feet, two wrist-bones, two wrist-bones of the hands, four forearm-bones, two shanks, two knees, two patellas, two reed-bones of the thighs, two shoulders, two shoulder-blades, two collarbones, one clavicle-junction, two palates, two jaws, two hip-blades, one pubic bone, forty-five bones located in the back, fifteen in the neck, fourteen in the chest, twenty-four ribs in the flanks, and just as many rib-sockets, and just as many rib-socket tubers, one jawbone, two jaw-ligaments, one nose-bone along with the prominence of the jaw and the forehead, and four cranial plates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.3) hṛdayamekaṃ cetanāyatanam | daśa prāṇāyatanāni tad yathā---mūrdhā kaṇṭho hṛdayaṃ gudo nābhir vastirojaḥ śauklaṃ śoṇitaṃ māṃsam iti || > The heart is the one seat of consciousness. There are ten seats of the life-breath, as follows: the head, the throat, the heart, the rectum, the umbilicus, the urinary bladder, ojas, semen, blood, and flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.4) pañcadaśakoṣṭhāṅgāni\[koṣṭhāni\] | tad yathā---nābhiś ca hṛdayaṃ ca kloma ca yakṛc ca plīhā ca vṛkkau ca vastiś ca purīṣādhānaṃ cāmāśayaścottaragudaś cādharagudaś ca kṣudrāntraṃ ca sthūlāntraṃ ca vapāvahanaṃ ceti || > There are fifteen visceral organs, as follows: the umbilicus, the heart, the kloman, the liver, the spleen, the two kidneys, the urinary bladder, the receptacle of feces, the stomach, the upper rectum, the lower rectum, the small intestine, the large intestine, and the omentum. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.5) ṣaṭpañcāśatpratyaṅgāni tad yathā---dvau gulphau, dve nitambe, dve jaṅghe, dve piṇḍike, dve ūrupiṇḍike, dvau sphicau, dvau vṛṣaṇau, ekaṃ śephaḥ, dvau śaṅkhau, dvau baṅkṣṇau, dvau kukundarau, eko vastiḥ, śīrṣamekamudaramekam, dvau stanau, dvau bāhū, dvāṃvasakau, ekaṃ cubukaṃ, dvāvoṣṭhau, dve dantaveṣṭe, dve sṛkvaṇī\[sṛkvaṇīti\], ekaṃ tālu, galaśuṇḍikā ekā, dvau karṇau, dve karṇaśaṣkulike, dvau gaṇḍau, dve akṣikūṭe, catvāryakṣivartmāni, dve akṣiṇī\[akṣiṇīti\] iti || > There are fifty-six minor body parts, as follows: two ankles, two buttocks, two shanks, two calves, two thigh-bulges, two buttock-creases, two testicles, one penis, two temples, two groins, two hollows above the hips, one urinary bladder, one head, one abdomen, two breasts, two arms, two small shoulders, one chin, two lips, two tooth-coverings, two corners of the mouth, one palate, one uvula, two ears, two outer ear shells, two cheeks, two eye-sockets, four eyelids, and two eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.6) śarīradravyāṇī---daśodakasyāñjalayaḥ śarīre pracyavamānaṃ purīṣamanubadhvātyatiyoge, navāñjalayaḥ pūrvasyāhārapariṇāmadhātoryantaṃ rasa ity ācakṣate\[ācakṣati\] kuśalāḥ, aṣṭau śoṇitasya, sapta purīṣasya, catvāro mūtrasya, dvau medasaḥ, eko majjñaḥ, mastiṣkasyāñjaliḥ śuklasya ceti || > The bodily fluids: ten añjalis of water, which adheres to the departing feces in cases of excessive discharge in the body; nine añjalis of the primary constituent resulting from the transformation of food, which the experts call chyle; eight of blood; seven of feces; four of urine; two of fat; one of marrow; and an añjali each of brain-matter and of semen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.7) athātra praśno bhavati--- katamayaṃjīvo\[devo\] dehāddehāntaram upakramata iti? atrovāca bhagavān ātreyaḥ | jalūkāyā ivāsya kecidgatiṃ bruvate | tanna yuktam | iha vyaktyantāmūrtaṃ yugapatsyādevāpare ' pyevamicchanti | sarvathāpi mumukṣorasyāyamantarātmā param upakramata iti sarvathāpyasmin parity akte paricaye tāvadasaṃprāptaṃ tarā syāt | avasthānatvāccettadiṣṭaṃ karmaṇopyevaṃ bhavati vaiyyarthyam api tu khalu pratiśrutyāpahitaḥ paratra gamanaṃ tasya vidyāt | athavā yathādity asya hṛdaye bhūmau raśmayaḥ pratitiṣṭhante | vilambitāvevamatasya tatra gamanamanupaścediti | | > Now, here a question arises: "By which way does this soul pass from one body to another?" / On this, the venerable Ātreya said: "Some say its movement is like that of a leech. That is not correct. / Others wish to hold that here a formless \[entity\] appears simultaneously up to the full manifestation \[of the body\]. / In any case, this inner self of one who desires liberation moves on to the beyond. Thus, when this familiar \[body\] is completely abandoned, it would not immediately attain another. / If it is accepted because of remaining in a state, then action also becomes futile in this way. Rather, one should understand its departure to another world as being attentive to the reflection, / or just as the rays of the sun stand in the heart on the earth. Suspended thus, one should observe its departure there." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.8) atha khalupuruṣe\[puruṣā\] ṣoḍaśādhyātmadevatā bhavanti | tad yathā---agniś ca pṛthivī cāpaś cākāśaś ca vāyuś ca vidyuc ca parjanyaś ca indraśca\[-ga\] gandharvaś ca mṛtyuś cādity aś ca candramāś ca tvaṣṭā\[tṛṣṇā\] ca viṣṇuś ca prajāpatiś ca brahmā ceti | tāḥ karmabhir vidyādutpattitaś ca parimāṇataś ca vidyāt | ūṣmā hyatrāagneś\[-gniś\] ca karma dehe | ghrāṇaṃ ca pṛthivyāḥ, sneho raso jñānaṃ codakasya, sparśanaṃ vāyoḥ, śrotraṃ cākāśasya, rūpādānaṃ parjanyasya saṃvegādānāni vidyutaḥ, balamindrasya, kāmo gandharvāṇāṃ, kopo mṛtyoḥ, cakṣurādity asya,prasādaścandramasaḥ, rūpaṃ tvaṣṭuḥ, ceṣṭā viṣṇoḥ, vyavāyaḥ prajāpateḥ, buddhirbrahmaṇa iti || > Now, indeed, there are sixteen presiding deities within the person, as follows: Agni, Earth, Water, Space, Wind, Lightning, Parjanya, Indra, Gandharva, Death, the Sun, the Moon, Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu, Prajāpati, and Brahmā. / One should know them by their functions, by their origin, and by their measure. / For here, bodily heat is the function of Agni in the body; smell, of the Earth; unctuousness, taste, and perception, of Water; touch, of Wind; hearing, of Space; assumption of form, of Parjanya; surges of impulses, of Lightning; strength, of Indra; desire, of the Gandharvas; anger, of Death; the eye, of the Sun; clarity, of the Moon; form, of Tvaṣṭṛ; movement, of Viṣṇu; sexual intercourse, of Prajāpati; and intellect, of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.9) tatra ślokaḥ--- viśuddhanetrāstapaso munayaḥ śāntakalmaṣāḥ | jagataścopapannāṃś casarvān\[svarbhā\] paśyanti mānavān || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele śārīre saptamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || aṣṭamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto jātisūtrīyaṃ śārīraṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Here is a verse: / Sages of purified vision through asceticism, their blemishes stilled, / see all mortals arising in the world. / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus ends the seventh chapter in the Section on the Body in Bheḷa. / Eighth chapter. / Now we shall explain the section on the body concerning the origin of living beings, as the venerable Ātreya declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.7.4) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.kaumara.kasyapa.3.5.3.p13) — Mārīca Kaśyapa & Vātsya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7) · Pramāṇa