The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.18

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ánga (n): limb, body, cf., ángāparumṣi (TS), “limbs and joints”, corresponding respectively to the full and New Moons, whose totality constitutes the body of the year. aṅguri (f): finger (AV) (RV: su-aṅguri). aṅgulá (m): finger (V) (at the end of a compound): (Cl.). aṅguli (f): finger (VS., Cl.). aṅgulī (f): finger (AV., Cl.). áṅhri (m): foot (VS., Cl.). atiruj (m, dual): bend of the knee (VS). atīruj (m, dual): bend of the knee (MS). adharhanu: cf., hánu. aná (m): breath in prāṇa from RV and alone from Br. cf., āna. anuvrj (dual): (KS)., anūvrj. ánūka (m., n): cf., anūkyá (AV). anūkyá (m, n, dual): spine regarded as a double bone (?) (RV, AV). anūvrj (m, f, dual): two fleshy elements near the back (Sāy.) (TS, AV). cf., anuvrj. antahpārśvyá (n): intercoastal muscles (VS); antahpārśvā (n) (TS). antarā: name of organ (?) (TS). antarodara (m): internal abdomen (interior of the abdomen) (AV). apáná (m): breath directed downwards (V. except RV, Cl.) cf., pāpavāta. apikakṣá (m): region of the armpit, shoulder (RV), cf., kakṣa. apikarná (n): region of the ear (RV). aratní (m, dual); elbow, fore-arm (cf. aratni=elbow) [RV, VS, (XX-8. Mahīdhara: aratnī-hasta-deśau, “the aratnis are the two regions of the hand”)] cf., hásta. ālgá (m, dual): groin (MS, VS). ávaka (m): flesh in the form of vallisueria (an aquatic plant with sheath-like leaves (TS, KS). avakrandá: organ of the cry (larynx?) (VS, TS, MS, KS). áśru (n): tear. aṣṭhīvánt (m): knee (“which has a stone”, the rotula) (Cl.); also aṣṭhivant, cf., ūrvaṣṭhīve (n, dual); thigh and knee (VS).