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6. The system of the Atharva Veda (§ 43) appears to be essentially the same as that of Ātreya-Charaka. This seems to be indicated by its term hanvoḥ citya, or structure (pile) of the two jaws, inasmuch as that term points to the view of the jaw being a composite organ built up, as Ātreya-Charaka holds, of the separate bones which he calls dant-olūkhala, alveolar process, hanv-asthi, jaw-bone, and hanu-mūla-bandhana, two rami.