Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s7.t4.1

c7.s7.t4.1

1. The statement in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*, X, 5, 4, 12 (Weber’s ed., p. 801), on the total number of the bones of the human body, referred to in § 42, cl. 1, runs as follows : Ātmā ha tv=ev=aiṣo ’gniś=citaḥ । tasy=āsthīny=eva pariśritās=tāḥ ṣaṣṭiś=ca trīṇi ca śatāni bhavanti, ṣaṣṭiś=ca ha vai trīṇi ca śatāni puruṣasy=asthīni; majjāno yajuṣmatya iṣṭakās=tāḥ ṣaṣṭiś=ca=aiva trīṇi ca śatāni bhavanti, ṣaṣṭiś=ca ha vai trīṇi ca śatāni puruṣasya majjāno ’tha ॥ 12 ॥