A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.75.2

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the number of bones, teeth and nails included, is three hundred and sixty, but their number is three hundred according to Dhanvantari;⁷⁶ there are two hundred and ten junctures (sandhi), but their number is two thousand according to Atri’s son (3.16–17ab);⁷⁷ the number of snāyus is nine hundred;⁷⁸ the number of muscles (peśī) is five hundred in men; women have twenty more of them⁷⁹ (3.17cd–18ab); there are ten chief sirās, connected with the heart, which carry rasa and ojas to all parts of the body; they split up repeatedly into a number of seven hundred branches (3.18cd–20ab);⁸⁰ the number of sirās in the various body parts; the sirās that should not be used for bloodletting (3.20cd–34);⁸¹ one-fourth out of the seven hundred sirās carry blood mixed with vāta; an equal number carry blood mixed with pitta, blood mixed with kapha, and pure blood respectively (3.35);⁸² the characteristics of these four types of sirā (3.36cd–38);⁸³ the twenty-four dhamanīs, attached to the navel (3.39–40ab);⁸⁴ the nine channels (srotas)⁸⁵ and the three additional ones in women (3.40cd–41ab);