Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s1.t3.1

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1. Pāṇi-pāda-śalāk-ādhiṣṭhāna, base (prop) of the long bones of the hand and foot; or simply sthāna or pratiṣṭhā, base; or kūrca, cluster (of bones). The first-mentioned term occurs in the lists of Charaka (§ 4) and Bheḍa (§ 12); the second and third in the lists (non-medical) of Yājñavalkya (§ 16) and the Atharva Veda (§ 43) respectively; the fourth in the list of Suśruta. See Figs. 6 and 7.