Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t3.1
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t3.1
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c7.s3.t3.1
1. Śiras, cranium or brain-case; śiraḥ-kapāla, cranial pan-shaped bone. These two terms are employed in all the three lists, which differ only in respect of the number of the bones. While Charaka (§ 4) counts four, Suśruta (§ 27) counts six bones; and Vāgbhaṭa I (§ 37) adopts the count of Suśruta.
Linked texts (3)
- Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit
- Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit