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Organअंग

Anus and rectum

गुदा · गुद

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
गुदगुदापायु
Hindi
गुदामलद्वारगुदामार्ग
English
Anus and rectumanusrectumanal
Romanized
gudapayu

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Anatomy3

  • The anal region has three folds (vali), lying one angula apart from the anal opening inwards, so that the three together span three angula; the piles described arise in these folds.

    Chapter 12 · p. 211 · v. 88Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • A footnote names the folds, from inside outwards, pravahani, visarjani and samvarani.

    Chapter 12 · p. 211 · v. 88FootnoteTraditional description
  • A second footnote says other texts give the first fold as one angula and the other two as one and a half angula (printed 1॥ डेढ 2).

    Chapter 12 · p. 211 · v. 88FootnoteTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 56 times on 39 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Organ
Categories
Organ
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
39
Chapters
Chapter 12
Extraction tasks
T10
Record id
organ_anus_rectum