Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t7.17

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[Verse 87.] The two knees (*jānu*) are the two joints between the leg and the thigh. By the two *kapola* the two cheeks are meant; and by the two *ūru* the two thighs, which are shaped like boards. The two shoulders (or shoulder-summits, *aṃsa*) are the bases from which the arms spring. Next, by the two *akṣa-tālūṣaka*, the two bones are meant which lie on the edge of the eye. The two hip-blades (*śroṇi-phalaka*) are the two places between the two lower limbs and the back. Each item consists of two bones. Together with the number (twelve) thus obtained, the total of the bones amounts to one hundred and ninety-four. Further: