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Organअंग

Muscles and connective tissues

मांसपेशियां और संयोजी ऊतक · पेशी

Extracted from the text3 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
पेशीमांसपेशीस्नायुकण्डरा
Hindi
संयोजी ऊतकमांसपेशियांमांसपेशीपेशीनसस्नायुकंडरा
English
Muscles and connective tissuesmusclesmuscletendonsligamentssinewsconnective tissue
Romanized
peshisnayukandara

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 commentary gives nine hundred sinews (snāyu, glossed as नसें) and five hundred muscles (peśī).

    Chapter 3 · p. 26 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • There are said to be sixteen kaṇḍarās (glossed as thick sinews) and six kūrcas.

    Chapter 3 · p. 26 · v. 3Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • There are said to be two binding muscle cords (māṃsarajju).

    Chapter 3 · p. 27 · v. 4Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 16 times on 14 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What counts of bones, joints, sinews, veins, muscles, vessels and vital points does chapter 3 give, and what does the editor's footnote say about the joints?

300 bones, 300 joints, 900 sinews, 700 veins, 500 muscles, 24 vessels (dhamanī) and 107 vital points. The footnote says the joint count cannot equal the bone count, notes Suśruta's 300 bones and 210 joints, and calls the reading a scribal error.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

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

Quick facts

Content type
Organ
Categories
Body system
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
14
Chapters
Chapter 3
Extraction tasks
T02
Record id
organ_muscles_connective