Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t3.4

c7.s4.t3.4

Tatra ayam-ity-ādi | śiro-grīvam-etad-ekam-eva śiro-vivakṣāyām | antarādhir-madhye | ṣaṣṭāni iti ṣaṣṭy-adhikāni | dant-olūkhalakaṃ yatr-āśrito dantaḥ¹ | yadyapi nakhā Vividhāsītapitīyena mala-bhoga-poṣyatvena mala eva² prakṣiptās-tathāp-īh-āsthitā³-rūpa-yogasy-āpi vidyamānatvād-asthi-gaṇanāyāṃ paṭhitāḥ⁴ | pratyaṅguli-parva-trayaṃ tena viṃśaty-aṅguli-gatam-asthnāṃ viṃśati-trayaṃ⁵ bhavati | vṛddh-āṅguṣṭhe ca hasta-pāda-praviṣṭaṃ tṛtīyaṃ⁶ parva jñeyam | vṛddh-āṅguṣṭha-śalākā api svalpa-pramāṇā jñeyā | aṅgulīnāṃ śalākā yatra saṃlagnāḥ tac-chalāk-ādhiṣṭhānam⁷ | jānu jānukam⁸ jaṅgh-orvoḥ sandhiḥ | akṣakau koṣṭh-āvāk aṃsa-jatru-sandheḥ kīlakau⁹ | tālūṣake tālv-asthinī | bhag-āsthi abhimukhaṃ kaṭi-sandhāna-kārakam¹ tiryag-asthi | sthalakāni iti parśukānāṃ mūla-sthānāni nimnanī² | sthalak-ārbudāni tu parśuk-āsthiṣu nimneṣu madhye sthitāny³arbud-ākārāny=asthīni | nāsikā-gaṇḍakūṭa-lalāṭair=militvā⁴ ekam=eva asthi gaṇanīyam | ye⁵ tu pṛthag-aṅgāni⁶paṭhanti teṣāṃ nāsā-gaṇḍakūṭa-lalāṭānāṃ trayāṇāṃ triṇy=eva asthīni iti na⁷ saṅkhyā-pūraṇam ||