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Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume III

The eye-ball (Nayana-Budbuda) is two fingers (about an inch) in transverse diameter, about the breadth of one’s own thumb in depth (Sagittal diameter), and two fingers and a half all round (in circumference). The eye-ball is almost round in shape and resembles the teat of a cow. It is made up of all the (five) elements of which the universe is built up.

1. The element of the ‘solid’ earth (Bhu) contributes to the formation of its muscles,
2. the element of ‘heat’ (Agni or Tejas) is in the blood (that courses in its veins and arteries),
3. ‘the gaseous element’ (Vāyu) contributes to the formation of the black part (Iris, etc.) in which the pupil is situated,
4. the fluid element (Jala) preponderates in the-lucid (white) part (Vitreous body)
5. and the void (ethereal) Space (Ākāśa) is there to form lachrymal or the other ducts or sacs (Aśrumārga) through which the secretions are discharged.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nayanabudbuda (नयनबुद्बुद).—an eye-ball.

Derivable forms: nayanabudbudam (नयनबुद्बुदम्).

Nayanabudbuda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nayana and budbuda (बुद्बुद).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nayanabudbuda (नयनबुद्बुद):—[=nayana-budbuda] [from nayana > naya] n. eyeball, [ib.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Nayana, Budbuda.

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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)

Chapter I - Diseases of the eye and its appendages < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]

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