See Also: deep perineal pouch(medicine)
deep perineal space(medicine)
deep transverse perineal(medicine)
gramadevata(encyclopedia)
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deep perineal space (medicine) and gramadevata (sh)


deep perineal space (medicine)


deep perineal space


The region between the perineal membrane and the endopelvic fascia of the floor of the pelvis occupied by the membranous part of the urethra, the bulbourethral gland (in the male), the deep transverse perineal and sphincter urethrae muscles, and the dorsal nerve and artery of the penis or clitoris.

Synonym: spatium perinei profundum, deep perineal pouch.


gramadevata (sh)




Folk deities widely worshiped in rural India.

Often female figures, they may have originated as agricultural deities, and they are offered animal sacrifices to ward off disease, crop failures, and Other natural disasters. Many are purely local, spirits of a place (e.g., a crossroads) or of a person who has died an untimely death. They are worshiped in the form of stones or earthenware icons fixed in simple shrines or set up under a village tree.