Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.237

v2.c4.s8.237

There are several enumerations of the parts of the body, not merely of the skeleton, in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.²⁷ They include the hair (lomāni), skin (tvac), flesh (māṃsa), bone (asthi), marrow (majjan), liver (yakṛt), lungs (kloman), kidneys (matasne), gall (pitta), entrails (antrāṇi), bowels (gudāḥ), spleen (plīhan), navel (nābhi), belly (udara), rectum (vaniṣṭhu), womb (yoni), penis (plāśi and śepa), face (mukha), head (śiras), tongue (jihvā), mouth (āsan), rump (pāyu), leech (vāla), eye (cakṣus), eyelashes (pakṣmāṇi), eyebrows (utāni), nose (nas), breath (vyāna), nose-hairs (nasyāni), ears (karṇau), brows (bhrū), body or trunk (ātman), waist (upastha), hair on the face (śmaśrūṇi), and on the head (keśāḥ). Another enumeration²⁸ gives śiras, mukha, keśāḥ, śmaśrūṇi, prāṇa (breath), cakṣus, śrotra (ear), jihvā, vāc (speech), manas (mind), aṅguliḥ, aṅgāni (limbs), bāhū, hastau (hands), karṇau, ātmā, uras (sternum), pṛṣṭiḥ (vertebræ), udara, aṃsau, grīvāḥ, śroṇi, aratni (elbows), jānūni, nābhi, pāyu, bhasat (fundament), aṇḍau (testicles), pasas (membrum virile), jaṅghā, pad (foot), lomāni, tvac, māṃsa, asthi, majjan. Another set of names²⁹ includes vaniṣṭhu, purītat (pericardium), lomāni, tvac, lohita (blood), medas (fat), māṃsāni, snāvāni (sinews), asthīni, majjānaḥ, retas (semen), pāyu, kośya (flesh near the heart), pārśvya (intercostal flesh), etc.