Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t4: § 76. The Traditional Recension of Bheḍa

Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t4

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§ 76. The Traditional Recension of Bheḍa

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The traditional recension of the Medical Version of Ātreya’s system in the Compendium of Bheḍa (*Śārīra Sthāna*, VII adhyāya) is edited from the following sources:

1. The copy of the Tanjore Manuscript which, as stated in § 12, is my possession. It is a beautifully written copy in Telugu characters, carefully collated with the original manuscript by Mr. C. Krishnayya, the Tanjore Palace Librarian.

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2. A copy, in Roman characters, of the osteological statement, kindly made for me by Professor Jolly, from the copy of the Tanjore manuscript in the possession of Dr. P. Cordier (marked J).

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3. An edited copy, in Roman, of the same statement, kindly supplied to me by Dr. P. Cordier from his copy of the Tanjore manuscript (marked C).

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Seeing that the Bheḍa manuscript is unique and very difficult of access, the osteological statement is first reproduced exactly as it stands in my excellent copy. This reproduction is followed by an amended copy, edited from the sources mentioned above. A translation of it is given in § 12.

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1. Reproduction.

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Trīṇi ṣaṣṭini¹ śavāny²asthām³ tad-yathā | dvātriṃśad-damṭāḥ | dvātriṃśad-damt-olūkhalakāni⁴ | viṃśati pāṇi-pāda-śalānāny-aṅguly-asthīni viṃśatiḥ | pāṇi-pāda-śalākā catvāri | pāṇi-pāda-śalāk-ādhiṣṭhānāni dve⁵ | pārṣor⁶asthīni catvāraḥ | pādayor-gulbaḥ⁷ dvau māṇikau pāṇike dve hastayoḥ catvāry-aṃśayor⁸asthīni dve jaṃghayor-dve jānuni⁹ dve jānu-kapāṇike¹⁰ dvāv-ūrū dvāv-ūru-naśakau¹¹ dvāv-asau¹² dve ansa-phalake¹³ dvāv-aṃkṣaṇau¹⁴ ekam jaṭru (जत्रु)¹⁵ dve tālū¹⁶ dve cubuke dve śroṇi-phalake | ekam bhag-āsthi | paṃcacatvāriṃśat-pṛṣṭha-gat-odhṛṣṭhiti¹⁷ paṃcadaśa grīvāyām | caturdaś-orasi | catūrviṃśati¹⁸ pārśakā¹⁹ | pārśayor²⁰yāvamti c-aiva sthālākāni tāvamti c-aiva sthālāk-ārbudakāni²¹ | ekam hanv-asthi dve hanu-baṃdhane²² | ekam nās-āsthi tathā hanukūṭa-lātī²³ | catvāri śīrṣa-kapālāni ||

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¹ J.C ṣaṣṭini.

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² So also J, but C śatāny.

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³ J.C asthnām.

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⁴ So also C, but J olūkhalāni.

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⁵ So the three preceding clauses also in J, but C edits them as follows: ‘. . . . . viṃśatiḥ pāṇi-pāda-śalākāḥ | . . . . . aṅguly-asthīni | catvāri pāṇi-pāda-śalāk-ādhiṣṭhānāni |’

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⁶ C pārṣṇyor.

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⁷ C gulphāḥ.

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⁸ C aratnyor.

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⁹ C jānunī.

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¹⁰ C kapālike.

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¹¹ So also J, but C nalakau.

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¹² J dvau nasau ; but C dvāv-aṃsau.

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¹³ J anna-phalake ; but C aṃsa-phalake.

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¹⁴ J vaṃkṣaṇau ; but C akṣakāv-.

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¹⁵ J jatru ; C jatrū.

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¹⁶ J tālu.

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¹⁷ So also J ; but C gatāny-asthīni.

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¹⁸ J.C caturviṃśati.

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¹⁹ So also J ; but C pārśvakāni.

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²⁰ J pārśvayo.

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²¹ So also C ; but J ārbudāni.

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²² So also J ; but C hanu-mūla-bandhane.

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²³ J lāṭ ; but C lalāṭam.

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2. Edition.

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Trīṇi ṣaṣṭini śatāny-asthnām | tad-yathā | [1] dvātriṃśad-dantāḥ, [2] dvātriṃśad-dant-olūkhalakāni, [3] viṃśatir-nakhāḥ²⁴, [4] ṣaṣṭy²⁴aṅguly-asthīni, [5] viṃśatiḥ pāṇi-pāda-śalākāḥ, [6]

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²⁴ These two words are omitted in the original by a confused blunder of the scribe.

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catvāri pāṇi-pāda-śalāk-ādhiṣṭhānāni, [7] dve pārṣṇyor=asthinī, [8] catvāraḥ pādayor=gulphāḥ, [9] dvau maṇikau¹ hastayoḥ, [10] catvāry=aratnyor=asthinī, [11] dve jaṅghayoḥ, [12] dve jānunī, [13] dve jānu-kapālike, [14] ²dvāv=ūru-nalakau, [15] deest, [16 a] dvāv=aṃsau, [16 b] dve aṃsa-phalake, [17] dvāv=akṣakau³, [18] ekaṃ jatru, [19] dve tālunī¹, [20] dve śroṇi-phalake, [21] ekaṃ bhag-āsthi, [22] pañcacatvāriṃśat=pṛṣṭha-gatāny=asthīni³, [23] pañcadaśa grīvāyām, [24] caturdaś=orasi, [25 a] caturviṃśatiḥ pārśvakāḥ, [25 b] pārśvayor=yāvanti c=aiva sthalākāni, [25 c] tāvanti c=aiva sthalāk-ārbudāni, [26] ekaṃ hanv-asthi, [27] dve hanu-mūla-bandhane, [28 a] ekaṃ nās-āsthi, [28 b] tathā hanukūṭa-lalāṭe, [29] deest, [30] catvāri śīrṣa-kapālāni ‖

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Bheḷasaṃhitā — Bheḷa, Sanskrit