Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s3.1

c7.s3.1

1. Names of the body and its parts: áṅga ‘limb,’ with *áṅgia, cátur-, vīlú-, *sarva- and su-áṅga; asthán ‘bone,’ with *anasthá, *anasthán, *asthanvát, and *aṣṭhivát ‘knee’; ūrú ‘thigh’; cákṣus ‘eye,’ with *ághora-, *víśvátaḥ-, *hradé-cakṣus, and *cákṣuṣmat; párus ‘limb’; *pṛṣtí ‘rib,’ with *pṛṣtí-āmayin; majján ‘marrow’; múkha ‘mouth,’ with viśvátomukha; śárīra ‘body,’ with bṛhaccharīra; *śrótra ‘ear.’