A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.614.2

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twenty-four sirās are present in the neck;282 a group of four and a group of eight which are marmans, and two in the kṛkāṭikās and vidhuras, should be avoided, thus making a total of sixteen;283 the region of the jaw possesses sixteen sirās;284 the region of the articulation, should be spared;285 the tongue has sixteen sirās;286 four of these should be spared: two which carry taste,287 and two which carry speech;288 twenty-four sirās are found in the nasal region;289 two of these, which carry smell,290 should not be touched,291 as well as one in the palate;292 fifty-six sirās are present in the eyes; six of these should not be touched by the knife: the two in each eye which are associated with the opening (unmeṣa) and closing (nimeṣa) of the eyes, and the one in each eye at the outer corner;293 among the sixty sirās in the forehead four which run along the hair-line (keśāntānugata), the two in the āvartas and the one in the stapanī are to be spared; 294 among the sixteen sirās in the ears the two which transport sound should not be cut; 295 the region of the temples also possesses sixteen sirās; 296 the two at the joints of the temple should be spared; 297 eight sirās should not be cut among the twelve present on the head: one in each of the two utkṣepas, one in each one of the (five) sīmantas, and one in the adhipati; 298 not to be touched by the knife are, moreover, those sirās which are very small, crooked, forming a tangled mass, knotty, or located near to joints (6.6);