A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c36.54
A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c36.54
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197 In agreement with Caraka and Suśruta. 198 In conformity with Suśruta; Caraka adds the kneecap (jānukapālikā), about which see A.F.R. Hoernle (1978): 25–26. 199 In agreement with Caraka and Suśruta. 200 Called pārśvakā by Indu. 201 The Saṃgraha is in conformity with Caraka. Suśruta does not specify the number of ribs (but see A.F.R. Hoernle, 1978: 145). 202 In agreement with Caraka. Suśruta does not mention the sthalakas and arbudas explicitly. 203 In conformity with Suśruta. 204 In conformity with Suśruta. 205 In agreement with Caraka and Suśruta. 206 In agreement with Suśruta. 207 In agreement with Suśruta. Caraka mentions two bones called śroṇiphalaka. 208 In conformity with Caraka. Suśruta mentions only the amsaphalakas separately. 209 In conformity with Suśruta. Caraka mentions one bone in each temple and a single gaṇḍakūṭa. 210 In conformity with Caraka. Suśruta does not mention the jatru separately. 211 In agreement with Suśruta. Caraka accepts the presence of two bones in the palate. 212 Caraka has fifteen, Suśruta nine bones in the neck. 213 In agreement with Suśruta. Caraka does not mention the trachea. 214 In conformity with Suśruta (hanu). Caraka mentions one jawbone (hanvasthi) and two bones called hanumūlabandhana. 215 In agreement with Caraka and Suśruta. 216 In agreement with Caraka. Suśruta omits these sockets. 217 In agreement with Suśruta. Caraka assumes the presence of one composite bone. 218 In conformity with Suśruta. Caraka mentions four bones. 219 The Saṃgraha agrees almost verbatim with Su.Śā.5.20. 220 Cf. Su.Śā.5.23. 221 This number agrees with Suśruta. The Carakasaṃhitā mentions two hundred joints. 222 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.5.26) has kaṇṭha. 223 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.5.26) omits the liver. 224 Absent from the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 225 These numbers agree with Suśruta (Śā.5.26). 226 The Saṃgraha agrees almost fully with Suśruta; it adds that the type called maṇḍala is also found in the nāḍīs of liver and spleen. 227 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.5.28cd) says that they are innumerable. Compare A.h.Śā.3.16cd, where the number of two thousand is ascribed to Atrinandana (= Ātreya). 228 Caraka (Śā.7.14) and Suśruta (Śā.5.29) mention the same number. Cf. A.h.Śā.3.17a. 229 In agreement with Su.Śā.5.29. 230 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.5.29) has a number of sixty. 231 Obviously included in Suśruta's sixty snāyus of the pelvic region. 232 In agreement with Suśruta. 233 In agreement with Suśruta. 234 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.5.29) has a number of thirty. 235 These two groups are not mentioned separately in the Suśrutasaṃhitā, but are included in the thirty snāyus of the uras.
Linked texts (3)
- Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit
- Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit