The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.47

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yé te nāḍyau devákṛte yáyos tiṣṭhati vṛṣṇyam, “the two canals made by the gods, in which resides virility”; KS, Cl.). cf. vṛṣṇya and p. 158. nābhi (f): Navel [V. except RV, (but nābha at the end of a compd. RV), Cl.]. nās (f): nose (RV, II, 39-6) cf., nás. nāsā (f): nose, nostrils (AV, Cl.). nāsikā (f, dual): nostrils. nikośyá: cf., kośya & śiṅgī. nipakṣati (f): second rib (cf., pakṣati) [VS, TS, (Sāy. rib adjacent to the pakṣati, second free rib?) MS, KS]. nirbādhá (m): protuberance (cranial ?) (YV). pakṣá (m): side. pakaṣatí (f); first rib [VS (13 are mentioned for each side), KS, MS, TS (Sāy. dakṣiṇa-pārśvasya mūle varttamānā yeyam vaṅkriḥ sā pakṣatiḥ, “p. is the rib situated at the base of the right side”, first free rib?)] pákṣman (n): upper (eye) lash (VS, MS, TS, Cl. (eye) lashes). pód (m) foot, cf. pād. páyas (n) milk, eventually sperm. pariṇah (a): corr. in KS, XIII-9 to gavīṇyau of TS, III, 3-10-1. párus (n): joint (joint or, often, portion included between two joints, limb or member of the body) (V., Br.). párvan (n): ibidem. párśu (m): rib. (V., Br., Cl. parśukā). pāśas (n): penis (V. except RV., Br.). pājasyá (n) ? [Sāy. on RV, chest, on TS.: heart; Mahī.=limb which is the cause of force in a quadruped; Geldner on RV=“inguen” (abdominal coating?); V., Br. (in RV, tri-pājasya) ]. pāṭurá (m): totality of transversal apophyses [VS, TS, (Sāy. etā vaṅkrayo yasmin pṛṣṭha-bhāgagate ’sthipārśvaśeṣe sambandhyante so’yam pāṭuraḥ) ]. pāṭora (m)=pāṭurá (KS). pāṇi (m)=hand. pād=pad. pāda (m): foot. pādu (m): foot (RV). pāpa-vāta (m): “bad wind” (TS, V, 7-23; Sāy.=apāna). pāyu (m): anus (V. except RV, Cl.).