The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.46

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jāghana; cf., jaghána. jānu (n): knee, cf., jñu. jāmbila (n): stomach, but Mahī. jānumadhya-bhāga, “middle part of the knee” [VS, MS, KS, TS (Sāy. āmāśaya, a more probable interpretation than that of Mahī., because the context refers to teeth and tongue which pulverize the plant which is deposited in the stomach.)]. jámbha (m): 1. jaw (RV, AV, VS, Cl.); 2. teeth (Cl.). jāmbhya (m): teeth, specially lateral teeth (Sāy. on TS, V, 7-11, YV). jarāyu (n): back-load, embryonic annexes, placenta (prop. “that which is cast off”). (Later Vedic sometimes “chorion”, cf., Kumāratantra . . . p. 37). jihvā (f): tongue, cf., agra-jihvá. juhū (f): tongue (of Agni, a metaphorical expression) (RV). jñu=jānu at the end of a compd. and in jñubādh (RV). takari, takarī (f): pelvic organ (?) indeterminate (TS. in the same formula AV t. is rephased by mehana), KS(takari), (TS). tagarī (f)=takarī (AV. Paipp.). tániman (n): liver (TS, Br.). tanū (f): body. tālu (n, rare. m): palate (VS, Cl.). tedanī (f): blood (?) [AV, VS. (Mah. tedanīm devatām)]. tvác (f): skin. °da, °dant: teeth in ubhayāda °dant, “one who has teeth on the two jaws” (RV, AV, TS). dámṣṭra (m): canine tooth (VS, MS, KS, Cl.). dánta (m, n): teeth. danta-mūlá (n): dental root, better still, base of teeth (VS, Cl.). dūṣikā (f): rheum (V. except RV, Cl.). doṣán (n, dual): 1. lower part (of the fore-feet of an animal) (AV), 2. arm (AV, TS). dós (n.m., RV once): arm. dhamáni, -ī (f): vessel (relatively voluminous according to Sāy. cf., Snāvan) (AV, Cl.) cf., p. 130. nakhá (n): nail. nandáthu (m): sexual organ (lit., “pleasure”) (TS, KS). nás (f): nose, nostrils (dual), cf., nās. násya (n): vibrissa (VS, MS KS). nāḍī (f): canal, vessel (AV, VI, 138-4, spermatic canals or cords;