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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?

तृतीय परिच्छेद में अस्थि, संधि, स्नायु, शिरा, पेशी, धमनी और मर्मों की कितनी संख्या बताई गई है, और पादटिप्पणी में संधियों के विषय में क्या कहा गया है?

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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.

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Verse 2 counts 300 bones, 300 joints, 900 sinews, 700 veins and 500 muscles; the footnote argues that two bones meet at one joint, so joints must be fewer, cites Suśruta (300 bones, 210 joints) and, although all three manuscripts read the same, judges the reading corrupt. Verse 3 counts 24 dhamanīs from the navel (ten up, ten down, four crosswise), 16 kaṇḍarās and 6 kūrcas. Verse 4 adds 2 muscle cords, 7 skin layers, 8 channels, one liver, one spleen and 16 rows of large intestine. Verse 5 gives 107 vital points, 9 openings and eighty lakh hair pores, and verse 6 gives 32 teeth and 20 nails.

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Chapter 3
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