The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c9.50

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róra (m, dual): articulation of shoulders (VS, MS). lalāṭa (n): forehead (especially lower part of the forehead, arcade of the eyebrows). (AV) cf., rarāṭa. lóman (n): hair. lóhita (n): blood (V. except RV, Cl.). vakṣáṇā (f, pl.): breast, flanks (RV, AV). breast (womb) (RV, X, 27-16). But cf. Cl. vaṅkṣaṇa, groin. vákṣas (n, sing and pl.): breast, chest. vankri (f): rib. vanamkáraṇa (n): organ of defecation (RV). vaniṣṭú (m): cf. the following (MS, KS). vaniṣṭhu (m): colon (V, Cl., VS, XIX-87: kumbhó vaniṣṭhur janitā śácībhir yásminn ágre yónyām gárbho'ntaḥ,” “the vase vaniṣṭhu is generator by assistance; in it, in the beginning, in the womb is the foetus”, Mahī.: sthūlāntra, “big intestine”. But, in a popular type of anatomy, confusion can arise between a big viscus shallow like the colon and the uterus, which being gravid, fills up the stomach.) vapā (f): epiploon (specially the fatty epiploon of the bullock, the thin epiploon of the horse is not well-known, cf., P.E. Dumont, L'Aśvamedha, p. 185) [V. (RV in vapāvant, vapodara), Cl.]. vártas (m): eye-lash (VS, MS). vártman (n): eye-lid (AV, Cl.). vaśā: vasā. vásā, vasā (f): fat of the muscles. vasti (m, f): bladder (V. except RV, Cl.). váha (m): shoulder (of the bullock, “the one which carries”) (AV, VS, TS). vājina (m): sperm (MS). vāyu (m): breath (of the mythical bull=wind) (AV, IX, 7-4; Cl.: wind and wind of the organism=organic breath). vāla (m): horsehair, mane, horse-tail (V. except RV, Cl.). vāladhāna (n): tail (TS). vijāman (n): genital organs (Sāy.), inguinal regions ? (cf. p. 110) (AV). viśásana (n): vulva (“cut”, “defloration” ? cf. praśādā). (TS, KS). viṣāṇa (n): horn (crumbling. “which detaches itself”) (AV). vṛkká (m, dual): kidney (AV, VS, MS, Br., Sūtra).