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Chapter three (aṅgavibhāga) deals with the following subjects: the six major (aṅga)54 and the minor parts (pratyaṅga)55 of the body (3.1); the qualities of the five mahābhūtas (3.2); the parts of the body derived from each of the five mahābhūtas (3.3–4ab);56 the entities derived from mother, respectively father (3.4cd–5ab),57 from cetanā58 (3.5cd),59 sātmya (3.6ab),60 rasa (3.6cd),61 sattva, rajas and tamas (3.7–8ab);62 the seven layers of the skin, derived from blood (3.8–9ab);63 the seven kalās (3.9cd–10c);64 the seven receptacles (āśaya) (3.10cd–11ab);65 an eighth receptacle, found in women, is the garbhāśaya; it is situated between the pittāśaya and pakvāśaya (3.11cd);66 the viscera (koṣṭhāṅgāni) consist of the heart, kloman, phupphusa, liver, spleen, uṇḍuka, the two kidneys, navel, ḍimbha, intestines, and bladder (3.12);67 the ten seats of life (jīvitadhāman) are the head, frenulum linguae (rasanabandhana), throat, blood, heart, navel, bladder, semen, ojas, and ano-rectal region (guda) (3.13);68 the body possesses sixteen jālas⁶⁹ and an equal number of kaṇḍarās,⁷⁰ six kūrcas,⁷¹ seven sīvanīs,⁷² four māṃsarajjus,⁷³ fourteen asthisaṃghātas,⁷⁴ and eighteen sīmantas⁷⁵ (3.14–15);