Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s4.12

c6.s4.12

'(1) The *triṣṭubh* (metres) are the breast-bone (*uras*): he (i.e. the sacrificer) places them on the range of the two *retaḥsic* (bricks), for the *retaḥsic* (bricks) are the back-bones (*pṛṣṭi*), and the back-bones lie over against the breast-bone. (10) The *bṛhatī* (metres) are the ribs (*parśu*); the *kakubh* (metres) are the thoracic vertebrae (*kikasa*). The *bṛhatī* he places between the *triṣṭubh* (metres) and *kakubh* (metres), whence these ribs (*parśu*) are fastened, at either end, to the thoracic vertebrae (*kikasa*) at the back and (interiorly) to the costal cartilages (*jatru*) in front.' (Vol. iv, p. 114; Original Text in § 99, cl. 4.)