bones and flesh

[Royce Wiles]

There is something like this in Jain medical traditions too, I can't
remember the details but suggest you look at:

Colette CAILLAT. 1974.   Sur les doctrines médicales du Tandulaveyaliya : 1
Enseignements d'embryologie. Indologica Taurinensia 2 (1974) 45-56.




>Thanks for your message.  I was already aware that "flesh coming from the
>mother and bones from the father" is found in Tibetan medical texts.  I
>also think that Levi-Strauss mentioned this in reference to other groups in
>Central Asia.
>
>However, I am curious to see if it can be found in any shamanic texts or in
>any hindu (whatever "hindu" means) text in South Asia.  I should have