Yakanaṃ
Liver
Yakanaṃ — the liver, twelfth item of the list. Visuddhimagga VIII.113 places it 'on the inside of the right rib-cage, leaning against it'; the liver is rendered as a twin-lobed organ of dark red colour, bound by sinews to the diaphragm above and the bowels below. The reflection turns the cosmetic gesture inside-out: the rich-coloured solid mass is just another piece of meat in the cavity.
Point 7 of 8 in Theravāda 32 Parts of the Body (Dvattiṃsākāra)
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Majjhima Nikāya 10.10 (primary_canonical)
“In this body there are head hairs, body hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, bone marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, diaphragm, spleen, lungs, large intestines, small intestines, contents of the stomach, feces, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, grease, saliva, mucus, oil of the joints, and urine.”
MN 10.10 names the liver (yakana) twelfth in the canonical body-parts list. The reference documents the liver as one of the internal organs included in the same unattractiveness contemplation.
Visuddhimagga VIII.113 (primary_canonical)
“It is to be found on the right side of the inside of the body, against the rib-cage, between the two breasts.”