Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c10.13

c10.13

which end in nails, 16 networks (*jāla*), 6 fibrous aponcurosis (*kūrca*) on the hands, feet and in the neck, the 4 cords (*rajju*) in the spinal cord, and 7 sutures (*sevani*, 5 in head, one each on the tongue and on the penis). These must be avoided in operations. There are also 14 “bone-groups” with the corresponding “dividing lines” (*sīmanta*, Car 4.7; Su 3. 5–9; AS 3. 5–7; AHr 2.3 f.; Bhāv 1.c.)