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(*d*) The principle of enumeration involved in Nos. 20 *b*, 20 *c*, and 21, differs entirely from that of Charaka's genuine No. 22 (§ 4) which counts forty-five back-bones. It will be shown in the sequel (§ 59; see also § 19) not only that the principle of counting which underlies the system of Gangādhar's recension presupposes a knowledge of Suśruta's principle of counting the back-bones, but that it applies that principle in an unintelligent way.