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230 The same number is found in the Kāśyapasamhitā (p.66). The number of dhamanīs is twenty-four in the Suśrutasamhitā (Śā.9.3–10), Aṣṭāngahrdayasamhitā (Śā.3.39–40ab) and Aṣṭāngasamgraha (Śā.6.9–13). The Bhelasamhitā refers to ten dhamanīs connected with the heart (Ni.7.2, 8.3 and 8), which divide themselves, thus becoming sixty in number (Śā.4.27). The number of dhamanīs in elephants is twenty-five (Hastyāyurveda III.6). See on the dhamanīs and other types of vessels: S. Dasgupta (1975): II, 344–352; J. Filliozat (1975): 129–133; V. W. Karambelkar (1961): 94–100; P. Kutumbiah (1969): 23–29 and 49–50; B. Seal (1985): 208–218; Samjñāpañcakavimarśa 49–75.