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116-119. The length (of the nail-socket) should begin from seven *aṅgulas* and be increased by two *aṅgulas* to twenty-five *aṅgulas*; the width should be three or four *aṅgulas*; a half of that should be made its thickness, and its height should be three, four, or five *aṅgulas*; thus is described the nail-socket. The nail (itself) will be described (now).