[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangahridayasamhita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › 53 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 53 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.53) kanīny-agra-sama-sthaulyaṃ praguṇaṃ dvā-daśāṅgulam | bhakṣayed danta-pavanaṃ danta-māṃsāny a-bādhayan || 3 || > equal in thickness to the tip of the little finger, straight, twelve finger-breadths long, / not injuring the gums. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [53.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.53.v) 2.3cv bhakṣayed danta-dhavanaṃ > 2.3cv one should chew a tooth-cleaning stick > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.53) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.2.8.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.53) · Pramāṇa