A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.159

v2.c30.159

235 The pores of the hairs (romakūpa) and the minute openings of the sirās are 200,000 in number in the Kāśyapasamhitā (p.78), at least in males, their number being reduced by one quarter in females. Compare Ca.Śā.7.14 and Su.Śā.5.6, 26, 37, 6.4, 7.3, and 9.3. The Samgitaratnākara mentions a number of three koṭi and a half (35 millions) of body hairs and a number of three lakṣa (300,000) of the hairs of scalp and beard (1.2.114cd). See on the careful distinction of terms for the hair of the head and body hair, and the emotional correlates of this distinction: P. Hershman (1974).