Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t5: § 77. The Non-medical Version of Yājñavalkya

Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t5

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§ 77. The Non-medical Version of Yājñavalkya

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The traditional recension of the Non-medical Version of Ātreya’s System in the Law-book of Yājñavalkya is edited from the following sources:

1. ASB¹ = Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. I B 51.
2. ASB² = ,, ,, ,, No. II A 10.
3. ASB³ = ,, ,, ,, No. II A 11.
4. Bd. = Bodleian MS., No. 65.
5. Bl. = Berlin MS., No. 340 (Prof. Stenzler’s A, p. 132).
6. IO¹ = India Office, No. 1079.
7. IO² = ,, ,, No. 1176.
8. IO³ = ,, ,, No. 1278.
9. IO⁴ = ,, ,, No. 1786.
10. IO⁵ = ,, ,, No. 2035.
11. IO⁶ = ,, ,, No. 2060.
12. IO⁷ = ,, ,, No. 2074.
13. IO⁸ = ,, ,, No. 2167.

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¹ Pāṇike dve and dve cubuke, in the original, are marginal glosses which have got into the text.

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² Dvāv=ūrū, in the original, is an obvious false duplication.

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³ Aṃkṣaṇau and odhṛṣṭhiti, in the original, are obvious clerical errors.

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14. IO⁹ = India Office, No. 2823.
15. IO¹⁰ = ,, ,, No. 3022.
16. IO¹¹ = ,, ,, No. 23 (50).
17. St. = Prof. Stenzler's edition, pp. 89, 90.

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It runs as follows:

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Ṣaḍ-aṅgāni tath-āsthnāṁ ca saha ṣaṣṭyā śata-trayam || 84 ||
Sthalaiḥ saha catuḥṣaṣṭir-dantā vai, viṁśatir-nakhāḥ |
pāṇi-pāda-śalākāśca, tāsāṁ sthāna-catuṣṭayam || 85 ||
Ṣaṣṭy-aṅgulīnāṁ, dve pārṣṇyor-gulpheṣu ca catuṣṭayam |
catvāry-aratnik-asthīni, jaṅghayos-tavad-eva tu || 86 ||
Dve dve jānu-kapol-oruphalak-āṁsasamudbhave |
akṣa-tālūṣake śroṇiphalake ca vinirdiśet || 87 ||
Bhagāsthy-ekaṁ, tathā pṛṣṭhe catvāriṁśac-ca pañca |
grīvā pañcadaś-asthīḥ syāj-jatrv-ekaṁ¹ ca, tathā hanuḥ || 88 ||
Tan-mūle dve lalāṭ-ākṣi-gaṇḍe, nāsā ghan-āsthikā² |
pārśvakāḥ sthalakaiḥ sārdham-arbudaiś-ca dvisaptatiḥ || 89 ||
Dvau śaṅkhakau, kapālāni catvāri śirasas-tathā |
uraḥ saptadaś-asth-īti puruṣasy-asthi-saṁgrahaḥ || 90 ||

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Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit