Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s5.t3.7

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2. The commentary of Vaidyanātha, called Padminī Prabodha, on the above-given statement runs as follows: Śarīre 'sthnāṃ sāra-bhūtatayā tad-vivaraṇam=āha ‘kikasam’ ity=ādi | ‘kikasam’=asthi ‘tri-śata-saṃkhyam’ āhuḥ ‘śalya-tantra’ upayoga-vaśena śalya-tantra upayuktatvād=ity=arthaḥ | tad-upayuktatā tu granth-āntarāj=jñeyā | kathaṃ tri-śata-saṃkhyaṃ bhavati ity=āha ‘vimśatir’ ity-ādi | ‘adhi-śākham’ sarva-śākhāsu ‘vimśatiś=ca śatam=api’ | yathā | pratyekaṃ pād-āṅgulyāṃ trīṇi trīṇi iti pañcadaśa | 30 | tala ²-gulpha-kūrca-saṃśritāni daśa | 20 | 50 | jaṅghayor=dve | 4 | 54 | pārṣṇav=ekam | 2 | 56 | jānuny=ekam | 2 | 58 | ūrāv=ekam | 2 | 60 | sakthnoḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ | 120 ³ || ‘śroṇi-pārśva udar-orasi pṛṣṭhe sapta-yukta-daśa-śatam’ | yathā | guda-bhagayor=dve | 2 | nitambayor=dve | 2 | trika-saṃśritam=ekam | 1 | śroṇyāṃ pañca | 5 | pārśvayor=dvisaptatiḥ | 72 | 77 | pṛṣṭhe trimśat | 30 | 107 | dve akṣa-saṃsakte | 2 | 109 | aṣṭāv=urasi | 8 | 117 || evam ‘upari śirodhiṣu’ | grīvāṃ praty-ūrdhvaṃ ‘try=uttarā ṣaṣṭiḥ’ | yathā | grīvāyāṃ nava | 9 | kaṇṭhanāḍyāṃ catvāri | 4 | 13 | dve hanvoḥ | 2 | 15 | nāsāyāṃ trīṇi | 3 | 18 | ekam tāluni | 1 | 19 | gaṇḍa-karṇa-śaṅkheṣv=ekaikam | 6 | 25 | ṣaṭ śirasi | 6 | 31 | dvātrimśad=dantāḥ | 32 | 63 | ‘Ittham=aṅka-saṃkalanatas=triśatī’ | yathā | 120 | 117 | 63 | 300 ||