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kp.3 Khuddakapatha

The Thirty Two Fold Nature

There are in this body: hairs of the head, body hairs, nails, teeth, skin; flesh, sinews, bones, bone-marrow, kidneys; heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs; intestines, mesentery, undigested food, excrement; bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat; tears, grease, spit, mucus, synovial fluid, urine; and the brain in the head.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Ānandajoti

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato


The Thirty-two Parts of the Body

There are in this body head-hairs, body-hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, intestines, intestinal tract, stomach, feces, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, grease, saliva, nasal mucus, synovium (oil lubricating the joints), urine, and brain in the skull.

- Translator: Piyadassi Thera