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l68 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. V.
IVIetrical Text :— Only the bone-joints have
been enumerated and described ; the joints of muscles
ligaments and veins are innumerable. 29.
The Ligaments (Snayu) :—There are nine
hundred ligaments (Snayus) in the human body, of
which six hundred occur in the four extremities ; two
hundred and thirty in the trunk (Koshtha) and seventy
in the neck and upwards. (Of the six hundred ligaments
in the four extremities), six ligaments are situated in
each toe making thirty (in the toes of each foot) ;
thirty
in the Tala (soles), Gulpha (ankles), and the Kurcha
(ankle-joint) ; thirty in the leg (Jangha) ; ten in the
knee-joints (Janu) ; forty in the Udara (abdomen) ; ten
in the groin (Vankshana) ; thus making one hundred
and fifty in each leg. The same number is found in
the other lower limb and in each of the two upper
extremities. (Of the two hundred and thirty ligaments
in the trunk\ there are sixty in the lumbar region
(Kati) ; eighty in the back ; sixty in the sides ; and
thirty in the chest. (Of the seventy ligaments to be
found in the region above the clavicles) there are thirty
six in the neck (Grivd) and thirty-four in the head.
Thus the total number of ligaments in a human body
is nine hundred. 30 — 33.
IVIemorable Verses :— Now hear me describe
the ligaments (Snayus). They may be grouped under
four distinct heads, viz., Pratanavati (ramifying or
branching), Vrltta (ring-shaped or circular), Prithu
(thick or broad), and Sushira (perforated^. The liga-
ments (Snayus) which present in the four extremities
and the joints belong to the Pratainavati type. The
Kandards or large ligaments are of the Vritta type ;
while those which arc found in the stomach (Amds'aya"^ or
in the intestines ^Pakvds'aya), and in the bladder belong