[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s8.243 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.243 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.243 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.242](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.242) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.244) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.243) · Pramāṇa