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[Chap. IV. SARIRA STHANAM. 147
^leshmadharaC-Kala :—The fourth KaU is
called Sieshmsidharai (Synovial tissues) and is present
about all the bone-joints of animals. 14.
IVIemOrable Verse : -As a wheel easily turns
upon a well greased axle, so the joints moistened by the
mucous (Sleshma) contained in these sacs admit of easy
movements, i'.
Purishadhara-Kala :—The fifth kala is
called Purishadhara and being situated in the Kostha
(abdomen) serves to separate the faecal refuse in the
(Pakvds'aya) lower gut (from other ingested matters). 16.
IVI em Orable Verse :—This Kald extends about
the liver, upper and lower intestines and other abdominal
viscera and keeps the foeces in the lower intestines (Un-
dukam) separate and hence is called MaladharA-kald 17.
Pittadhara-Kala:—The sixth Kala is called
Pittaphara-kala ; it holds (the chyme derived from) the
four kinds of solid and liquid foods (in the Pitta-sthanam
or biliary region) propelled from the stomach (Amas'aya
or Grahani-Nadi) and on its way to the (Pakas'aya)
intestines (for the proper action of the digestive juices
upon it) 18.
IVIemorable Verse :—The four kinds of food,
viz. those that are chewed, swallowed, drunk, or licked,
and brought into the intestines (Kostha) of a man, are
digested in proper time through the heating agency
(action") of the Pittam 19.
^Ukradhara-Kala :— The seventh KalA is
called Sikradhiia (semen-bearing), which extends
throughout the entire body of all living creatures. 20,
IVIemorable Verse : -The physician should
know that like fat (Sarpi) in the milk, or sugar in the
expressed juice of sugar-cane, the (seat of) semen is co-
extensive with the whole organism of a man (or animal).