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XCVI, 92.
anus, the belly, and the two bowels in it (are the inner parts of the body).
92. The pupils of the eye, the eyelashes ?, the outer parts of the ears, the ears themselves, the tragus of each ear, the cheeks, the eyebrows, the temples, the gums, the lips, the cavities of the loins, the two groins, the scrotum, the two kidneys and breasts of females, which are composed of phlegm, the uvula, the hindparts, the arms, the shanks, the thighs, the fleshy parts of the shanks and thighs, the palate, the two bones (or muscles) at the upper end of the bladder, the chin, the soft palate, and 2 the nape of the neck: these are the places' (of vital energy) in the body.
93. Sound, tangibility, form or colour, savour, and odour are the (five) objects of sense.
94. Nose, eye, skin, tongue, and ear are the (five) organs of perception.
95. Hands, feet, anus, parts of generation, and tongue are the (five) organs of action.
96. Mind, intellect, the individual Self, and the indiscretel are that which exceeds the senses.'
97. This human frame, O Earth, is called 'field.' He who knows (how to enter and how to leave) it is denominated, by those conversant with the
92. * Others interpret akshikûte, 'the eyelashes,' by the joints between the eyes and the nose.' (Nand.) See also Böhtlingk's new Dictionary. — ? The use of the particle ka implies, according to Nand., that the feet, hands, and other limbs mentioned in an analogous passage of Yâgñavalkya (III, 99) have also to be included in this enumeration.
96. 'Nand. interprets avyaktam, 'the indiscrete,' by pradhanam, the chief one.' Both terms are in the Sânkhya system of philosophy synonyms of prakriti, that which evolves or produces everything else.'
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