The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.49

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*bhasád* (f): behind, vulva (V, Br, Sūtra). *bhāsad* (m): behind, buttock (Mahī., *RV*, *AV*, *VS*) (Mahī. nitambau) (MS). *bhásman* (n): part of the body ? (*YV*). *bhrū* (f): eye-brow. *majján* (m): marrow. *mátasna* (m, n, dual): unindentified viscus [*RV*, (Sāy. *pārśvayor vartamānav āmraphalakṛtī vṛkkau*, "kidneys looking like mangoes, situated in the sides), *VS*. (Mahī.: *grīvādhastād-bhāgasthitahṛdayobhaya-pārśve asthinī*," bones—or "stones" or "mass" found on each side of the heart, below the neck), (*MS*, *KS*). *mányā* (f, dual & pl.): muscular tendinous mass of the neck (V. except *RV*, Cl.). *mārman* (n): vital point (essentially vulnerable) (V., Cl.). *malhá*: which has excrescences at the neck (goat) [*TS* (Sāy. *galastana*, which, according to the *Vaidyakanighaṇṭu* quoted by Umesa Chandra Gupta, *Vaidyaka-śabda-śindhu* denotes *chagagalasthastana* "(appendix in the form of) udder found on the throat of the she-goat")]. *mastiṣka* (m, n): brain. *māmsá* (n, sing. & pl.) flesh. *mukha* (n): mouth. *muská* (m, dual): 1. testicles; 2. big lips (*AV*). *muṣṭi* (m): fist. *mūtra* (n): urine. *mūrdhán* (m): head. *meḍhra* (n) Penis, cf., *mehana*. *médas* (n): fat. *méhana* (n): 1. penis (as an urinary organ) (*RV*, Cl.); 2. urethra (*AV*, Cl.). *yakán* (n): liver. *yákṛt* (n): liver (V. except *RV*, Cl.). *yóni* (f): womb, vagina. *rarāṭa* (n): forehead (*VS*) cf. *lalāṭa*. *rása* (m): fluid of life, organic sap, sexual secretion, cf., pp. 27, 165. *rétas* (n): sperm. *róman* (n):=loman. *romaśa* (n): vulva (lit, "which has hair") (*RV*).