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# The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.7.2

Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.7.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.2)

asthigaṇanā---trīṇisaṣaṣṭīni\[saṣaṣṭhiṇi śavā\] śatānyasthnāṃ tad yathā---dvātriṃśaddantāḥ, dvātriṃśaddantolūkhalāni, viṃśatirnakhāḥ\[paṇipādaśalānānyaṅgulyasthīni\], ṣaṣṭiḥ pāṇipādāṅgulyasthīni, viṃśatiḥ pāṇipādaśalākāḥ, catvāri pāṇīpādaśalākādhiṣṭhānāni, dvepārṣṇyor asthinī\[pārṣorasthīni\], catvāraḥ pādayoḥ gulphāḥ, dvau maṇikau, māṇike dve hastayoḥ,catvāryaratnyor asthīni\[catvāryaśayo\], dve jaṅghayoḥ, dve jānunī, dve jānukapālike, dvāvūrunalakau\[dāvūrudvāvūrunaśaktau\], dvāvaṃsau, dve aṃsaphalake, dvāvakṣakau, ekaṃ jatru, dve tālunī, dve cibuke, dve śroṇiphalake, ekaṃ bhagāsthi, pañcacatvāriṃśatpṛṣṭhagatānyasthīni\[pṛṣṭhagatau dhṛsthini\], pañcadaśa grīvāyām, caturdaśorasi, caturviṃśatiḥ parśukāḥ pārśvayoḥ, tāvanti\[yāvanti\] caiva sthālakāni, tāvanti caiva sthālakārbudakāni, ekaṃ hanvasthi, dve hanubandhane, ekaṃ nāsāsthi-hanu\[tathā hanu\]-kūṭalalāṭam, catvāri śīrṣakapālāni ||

> Enumeration of the bones: three hundred and sixty bones, as follows: thirty-two teeth, thirty-two tooth-sockets, twenty nails, sixty finger- and toe-bones, twenty long bones of the hands and feet, four bases of the long bones of the hands and feet, two heel-bones, four ankles of the feet, two wrist-bones, two wrist-bones of the hands, four forearm-bones, two shanks, two knees, two patellas, two reed-bones of the thighs, two shoulders, two shoulder-blades, two collarbones, one clavicle-junction, two palates, two jaws, two hip-blades, one pubic bone, forty-five bones located in the back, fifteen in the neck, fourteen in the chest, twenty-four ribs in the flanks, and just as many rib-sockets, and just as many rib-socket tubers, one jawbone, two jaw-ligaments, one nose-bone along with the prominence of the jaw and the forehead, and four cranial plates.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.7.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.4.7.6) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit

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