Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s4.t9.16

c7.s4.t9.16

[Verse 86.] ‘Sixty,’ &c. Each digit (*aṅguli*) has three bones; thus there are altogether sixty bones. The bones of the forearms (*aratnikā*) signify those of the two arms (*bāhu*). Thus (in this verse) there are altogether sixty-four bones.