Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t6.3

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3. In the systems of Ātreya-Charaka (§ 4) those four bones, the two malar (gaṇḍa-kūṭa) and the two nasal (nāsikā), are considered as forming, together with the two superciliary ridges, or brows (lalāṭa), a single continuous central bone which lies across the middle of the face of the skull, bounded by the frontal bone above, the alveolar process of the superior maxillary below, and the two temporal bones on either side. The configuration of this central bone, and its position in the face, are indicated by dotted