The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.48

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*pārśvá* (n., m): side. *pārṣṇi*, ī (f.): heel. *pittá* (n.): bile [*V.* except *RV.*, cl.] *pības* = *pīvas*. *pīvas* (n): fat (*RV*, *AV*). *pucha* (m, n): tail [*AV* (other expressions, X, 9-22 for tail of serpent, bird, etc.) Cl.]. *puritát*: cf. the following (*TS*). *puritát* (n): pericardium [*AV*, *VS* (XXV-8, Mahī.: *puritad hṛdayācchādakam antram*, “*p.*=entrails which cover the heart”)] . *pulitat*: pericardium (*KS*). *pulitat*: pericardium (*MS*). *pṛṣṭi* (f, pl.): vertebrae (*V*; *Br.*). *pṛṣṭha* (n.): back. *pṛṣṭhā* (f. (comp.), dual); flesh near the anus. ? (Sāy.), (*TS*, *KS*) *pratiṣṭhā* (f): leg (“supporting point”) (*AV*). *pratyāsā* (m or n ?, dual): excrescence near the sexual organ (Sāy.) (*TS*, *KS*). *prāpad* (f): fore-foot (*AV*). *prāpada* (n, dual or pl.): fore-foot (animals). (*AV*). *praśādá* (m): hymen ? [*TS* (Sāy. “sort of particle of flesh which falls at the time of defloration?”, *viśasana-kāla-patito māṃsa-leśa-viśeṣaḥ*, *KS*]. cf., *viśasana*. *prāṇá* (m): 1. vital breath; 2. breath of the anterior part of the body. *plāśí* (m, sing.): urethra, penis? (Mahī. *śiśna*); pl. spermatic canals and urethra (excretory canals) (Mahī.: *śiśna-mūla-nāḍyaḥ*, “canals at the base of the penis”) (*V*, *Br.*): *plīhán* (n): spleen. *bársva* (m): gum (Sāy.: *danta-mūla-māṃsa*, “flesh at the base of teeth”) (*YV*). *balāsa*: cf. supra, pp. 117-19. *bāhu* (m, dual): arm. *bila* (n) 1. orifice of sectioned vessels (*AV*); 2. excretory orifice (*AV*, I, 3-8, *vastibila*, “orifice of the bladder, urinary meatus”). *bīja* (n): sperm (lit., “seed”, “grain”). *bhámsas* (n): anus ?, anterior part of the hip-bone (Macdonell-Keith, *Vedic Index*) (*RV*, *AV*).