Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s5.t2: § 89. Restored Recension
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s5.t2
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§ 89. Restored Recension
c7.s5.t2.1
The original form of the osteological summary of Suśruta may be restored as follows, differences from the traditional recension being shown in *italics*:-
c7.s5.t2.2
Trīṇi sa-ṣaṣṭīny=asthi-śatāni vedavādino bhāṣante|śalya-tantre tu trīṇy=eva śatāni|teṣāṃ ṣaḍ-uttaram=asthi-śataṃ śākhāsu|aṣṭāviṃśaty-uttaraṃ śataṃ śroṇi-pārśva-pṛṣṭh-āṃs-orassu|grīvāṃ praty-ūrdhvaṃ ṣaṭṣaṣṭiḥ|evam=asthnāṃ trīṇi śatāni pūryante|| Ekaikasyāṃ tu pād-aṅgulyāṃ trīṇi trīṇi, tāni pañca|tala-gulpha-kūrca-saṃśritāni sapta|pārṣṇyām=ekam|jaṅghā- yām dve | jānuny=ekam | ekam=ūrāv=iti saptaviṁśatiḥ | evam=ekasmin=sakthni bhavanti | eten=etara-sakthi, bāhū ca vyākhyātau | śroṇyāṁ pañca, teṣāṁ bhāga-guda-nitambeṣu catvāri, trika-saṁśritam=ekam | pārśve ṣaṭtriṁśat | evam=ekasmin=dvitīye 'py=evam | pṛṣṭhe triṁśat | saptadaś=orasi | dve akṣak-āṁsaje | grīvāyāṁ nava | kaṇṭhanādyāṁ catvāri | dve hanvoḥ | dantā dvātriṁśat | nāsāyāṁ trīṇi | dve tāluni | gaṇḍ-ākṣikoṣa-karṇa-śaṅkheṣv=ekaikam | ṣaṭ=śirasi ||
c7.s5.t2.3
Etāny=asthīni pañcā-vidhāni bhavanti | tad-yathā | kapāla-rucaka-taruṇa-valaya-nalaka-saṁjñāni | teṣāṁ jānu-kūrpara-nitamb-āṁsaja-gaṇḍa-tālu-śaṅkha-vaṅkṣaṇamadhya-śirassu kapālāni | daśanās=tu rucakāḥ | ghrāṇa-karṇa-grīv-ākṣikoṣeṣu taruṇāni | pāṇi-pāda-pārśva-pṛṣṭh-odar-orassu valayāni | śeṣāṇi nalaka-saṁjñāni bhavanti ||
c7.s5.t2.4
For the translation, see §§ 30 and 34.