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272 Cf. Su.Sū.15.37–38. 273 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.18cd–20ab. Compare Su.Śā.7.3. Suśruta has forty mūlasirās, originating from the navel (Śā.7.6). The Carakasaṃhitā mentions ten mahāmūlā dhamanīs which carry ojas (Sū.30.3–14). 274 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.20cd–21ab. 275 Cf. Su.Śā.7.20–21. 276 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.20cd–21ab. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 277 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.21cd–22ab. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 278 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.22cd. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 279 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.23. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 280 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.24. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 281 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.25–26ab. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 282 The Suśrutasaṃhitā has a number of fifty-six (Śā.7.22). Gayin (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22) mentions four groups of eight sirās. 283 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.26cd–27ab (Four manyās and eight mātṛkās are mentioned). Cf. Su.Śā.7.22 (Dalhaṇa remarks that Gayin agrees with the number of sixteen). 284 Gayin's number is sixteen (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22). 285 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.27cd. Compare Su.Śā.7.22 (it is noteworthy that Suśruta calls the vessel to be spared the sandhidhamanī). 286 The Suśrutasaṃhitā has a number of thirty-six (Śā. 7.22), but Gayin wanted their number to be twenty-eight (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22). 287 Rasavedinī (Saṃgraha), rasabodhanā (Hṛdaya), rasavahā (Suśruta). 288 Vākpravartinī (Saṃgraha), vāḥcapravartinī (Hṛdaya), vāgvahā (Suśruta). Cf. A.h.Śā.3.28a–c. The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.7.22) states that also sixteen sirās under the tongue should not be touched by a sharp instrument. Gayin (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22) declares that six taste-carrying sirās should be spared. 289 Gayin (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22) mentions a number of sixteen. 290 Gandhavedinī (Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya). 291 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.7.22) says that two sirās near to the nose (aupanāsikī) should not be touched. 292 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.28d–29ab. The Suśrutasaṃhitā mentions the soft (mṛdu) palate, interpreted by Dalhaṇa as the region near the ghaṇṭā (uvula). Gayin (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22) says that five sirās in the nasal region should not be pierced. 293 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.29cd–30ab. The Suśrutasaṃhitā mentions a number of thirty-eight (a variant has thirty-six); it states that the sirās at the outer corner should be spared, but does not refer to the other four. Gayin (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.Śā.7.22) acknowledges a number of twenty-four sirās in both eyes and also refers to those at the outer corner only. 294 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.30cd–31c. Compare Su.Śā.7.22. 295 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.31d–32a. The Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.7.22) mentions ten sirās in the ears, but Gayin has a number of sixteen. 296 The text of the Saṃgraha is not clear and may mean that the region of the temples possesses as many sirās as the region of the ears, or that the sirās of the temples belong to the groups connected with the ears; Indu prefers the latter interpretation, which is in conformity with the Hṛdaya (Śā.3.32a–c). The Suśrutasaṃhitā, however, has a separate group of ten sirās in the temples (Gayin prefers a number of eight).