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Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t1.2

Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t1.2

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c6.s1.t1.2

‘The body consists of the following parts (aṅga): the two arms (bāhu), the two legs (sakthi), the head and neck (śiro-grīvā), and the trunk (antarādhi). These make up the sexipartite (ṣaḍaṅga) body. Inclusive of the teeth and nails, it has three hundred and sixty bones. These are
1. 32 teeth (danta).
2. 32 sockets (ulūkhala) of the teeth.
3. 20 nails (nakha).