The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.45.1

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kaphaudá (m, dual, hapax): Böhtlingk-Roth “elbow”? (AV, X, 2-4). Appears in an enumeration of the parts of the body attached to the trunk. Could be brought near kapola, “cheek”, which is more recent but the disaspiration will be unusual (cf., J. Bloch, Indo-Aryen, p. 59). One can not invoke the disaspiration of Pali kapoṇi=Skt. kaphoṇi, “elbow”, given by Childers following Abhidhānappadīpikā, this reading not being found in the texts (communication of Helmer Smith). One could ask oneself if *kaphaula*, in the dual, would not designate two humid organs (*ola*) of phlegm (*kapha*) such as the lungs, but *kapha* is found only in the Cl. and *ola* in later lexicons. *kābandha* (m, n): stomach (meaning derived from the primitive “tun” (*AV*). In Cl. “trunk”, cf., Louis Renou, *JA*, July-Sept. 1939, p. 391. *kará* (m): hand. All the texts, but the *RV* uncertain. In Cl. become secondarily “ray”, cf., L. Renou, *JA*, July-Sept., 1939, p. 346. *karásna* (m): fore-arm (*RV*), cf., L. Renou, *BSL*, 1937, p. 23; enlargement of *kará*. *karūkara* (n): ? (*AV*, *Br.*). *kárṇa* (m): exterior part of the ear. *kākud* (f): palate [Cl. (Lexicons)], cf., *kakud* above. *kāśi* (m,: closed fist (*RV*). *kīkásā* (f; *YV*, Cl. m): vertebra (Cl. “bone”), cf., under *jatru*. *kukṣi* (m, dual and pl.): small pelvis, pelvic regions. *kulphá* (m): *gulphá* (cf. *kuṣṭhā* & *kuhá*). *kuṣṭha* (m, dual): big sciatic cut (*MS*, *VS*). (Mahī. *kakundara* and cf., Suśr. *Śār.*, VI, 31).