Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t1: § 73. Restored Recension of Charaka
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t1
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§ 73. Restored Recension of Charaka
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On the grounds explained in the fifth and sixth paragraphs the true form of the Medical Version of Charaka may be restored as follows:
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Tatrzāyaṃ śarīrasy=āṅga-vibhāgāḥ | dvau bāhū dve sakthinī śiro-grīvam=antarādhir=iti ṣaḍ-aṅgam=aṅgam || Trīṇi ṣaṣṭāni śatāny=asthnāṃ saha danta-nakhena | tad=yathā | [1] dvātriṃśad=dantāḥ, [2] dvātriṃśad=dant-olūkhalakāni, [3] viṃśatir=nakhāḥ, [4] ṣaṣṭiḥ pāṇi-pād-āṅguly-asthīni, [5] viṃśatiḥ pāṇi-pāda-śalākāḥ, [6] catvāri pāṇi-pāda-śalāk-ādhiṣṭhānāni, [7] dve pārṣṇyor=asthinī, [8] catvāraḥ pādayor=gulphāḥ, [9] catvāro maṇikāḥ ¹ hastayoḥ, [10] catvāry=aratnyor=asthīni, [11] catvāri jaṅghayoḥ, [12] dve jānunī, [13] dve kapālike ², [14] dvāv=ūru-nalakau, [15] dvau bāhu-nalakau, [16] ³ dve aṃsa-phalake, [17] dvāv=akṣakau, [18] ⁴ dve śroṇi-phalake, [19] ⁴ ekaṃ bhag-āsthi, [20] ⁵ pañca-catvāriṃśat=pṛṣṭha-gatāny=asthīni, [21] ⁶ caturdaś=orasi, [22 a] ⁶ dvayoḥ pārśvayoś=caturviṃśatiḥ pārśvakāḥ, [22 b] ⁶ tāvanti c=aiva sthalākāni, [22 c] ⁶ tāvanti c=aiva sthalāk-ārbudāni, [23] pañcadaśa grīvāyām, [24] ⁷ ekaṃ jatru, [25] ⁷ dve tālūṣake, [26] ekaṃ hanv-asthi, [27] dve hanu-mūla-bandhane, [28] ek-āsthi nāsikā-gaṇḍakūṭa-lalāṭam, [29] dvau śaṅkhau, [30] catvāri śiraḥ-kapālāni | iti trīṇi ṣaṣṭāni śatāny=asthnāṃ saha danta-nakhena ||
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¹ Trad. Rec., dvau maṇikau.
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² Trad. Rec., jānu-kapālike.
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³ Trad. Rec. inserts dvāv=aṃsau.
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⁴ Trad. Rec. places Nos. 18, 19, as Nos. 20, 21.
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⁵ Trad. Rec. places No. 20 as No. 22.
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⁶ Trad. Rec. places No. 21 and 22 a b c, as Nos. 24 and 25 a b c.
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⁷ Trad. Rec. places Nos. 24, 25, as Nos. 18, 19.
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For the translation, see § 7.