The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.45.3

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are the two canals situated on the sides of the uterus and hindering the expulsion” ?): IX, 8-7 (yá ūrū anusárpaty átho etí gavīnike, “the one—the disease—which creeps along the thighs and attains the g.”). gātra (n): limb. gudá (n): 1. rectum (TS, Cl.); 2 vagina (VS). gudā (f, often pl.): rectum, big intestines. gulphá (m): ankles (V. except RV, Cl.) guṣṭhá: cf., kuṣṭhá (KS). guhá (dual): cf., kuhá (KS). gṛdhrá (m): armpit [TS (Sāy. kakṣá but in pl.), KS]. grīvā (f): neck [V, generally pl., Cl., sing. and grīva, m. (cf., grīvadaghná, TS)]. glau (m, pl.): vessels of the heart (MS, VS, (Mahī. hṛdayanāḍyaḥ). cákṣan (n. dual): eye (AV). cákṣas (n): eye (RV, AV). cákṣu (m) eye (RV, but hapax cáksos=cakṣusoḥ). cákṣus (n): eye. cárman (n): skin, leather. chavī (f): glow which attains the eye [TS. (Sāy. netragatā kāntiḥ), KS]. chubuka (n): chin (RV, Cl. cibuka, cubuka). jaghána (m): posterior (in comp. also jāghana, q.v.). jáṅghā (f): leg. jaṭhára (n): abdomen. jatru (m, pl.): clavicles and sternum, or clavicular and sternal regions (specially sub-claviculars and sub-sternals. Cl. base of neck, joint of neck and of the chest). In Śat. Br., VIII, 6-2-10: imā ubhayatra parśavo baddhāḥ kikasāsu ca jatruṣu,“his sides are attached on both hands to the Kikasās and to the jatrus”. Therefore, k.=vertebra, j.=sternum, to which are joined the clavicles.