A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1234

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The names of the ten chief nāḍīs are: Iḍā, Piṅgalā, Suṣumnā, Gāndhārī, Gajajihvā, Pūṣā, Yaśā, Alambuṣā, Kuhū, and Śaṅkhinī (38–39). 629 Ten kinds of vāyu are enumerated: prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, vyāna, nāga, kūrma, kṛkara, devadatta, and dhananjaya (40–41). 630 The number of hairs on the body is said to be thirty-five millions, 631 and that of the hairs on the head three hundred thousand (47–48). 632 The quantities of a series of constituents of the body are as follows: one thousand pala of muscular tissue, one hundred pala of blood (rakta), ten pala each of fat and skin, twelve pala of bone marrow, three pala of mahārakta, 633 two kuḍava of semen, one kuḍava of śoṇita, 634 and six kuḍava and a half of phlegm, faeces and urine (48–51). 635 A long series of verses (52–66) is devoted to the parallelism between macro- and microcosm; numerous parts of the human body are equated with parts of the macrocosm. 636