Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.243

v2.c4.s8.243

In the Aitareya Āraṇyaka³¹ the human body is regarded as made up of one hundred and one items; there are four parts, each of twenty-five members, with the trunk as one hundred and first. In the two upper parts there are five four-jointed³² fingers, two kakṣasī (of uncertain meaning),³³ the arm (dos), the collar-bone (akṣa), and the shoulder-blade (aṃsa-phalaka). In the two lower portions there are five four-jointed toes, the thigh, the leg, and three articulations, according to Sāyaṇa's commentary.