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2. It may here be useful to note that the combined term *tala-kūrca-gulpha*, sole-cluster-ankle, employed by Suśruta in his list (§ 88) denotes the whole (roughly rectangular) portion of the foot and hand, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, exclusive of the phalanges. That is to say, it signifies the metatarsus (tala), tarsus (kūrca), and malleoli (gulpha) of the foot, and similarly the metacarpus (tala), carpus (kūrca), and styloid processes (maṇibandha) of the hand.