[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) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 29.12 # Ashtangasamgraha 29.12 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 29.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29.12) marśapramāṇaṃ tu pradeśinyaṅgulīparvadvayānnimagneddhṛtādyāvat patati sa binduḥ | amī daśāṣṭau ṣaḍbindava uttamamadhyamakanīyasyo mātrāḥ | kvāthādīnāmaṣṭau ṣaṭ catvāraḥ | pradhamanasya tu ṣaḍaṅguladvimukhayā nāḍyāmukhānileritasyākaṇṭhagaterdoṣānurodhataśca punaḥpunaryojanamiti || tatra yathoktaduṣṭaliṅgābhāvāt saṃrambharahitatvaṃ jihvāvarṇatā ślakṣṇatvaṃ nīrujatvaṃ nirāsrāvatā śyāvaparyantatvaṃ samauṣṭhamadhyatā kiñcidunnatamadhyatā vā || > The measure of marśa-nasya: a drop is that amount which falls from two joints of the index finger when dipped and raised. > > These—ten, eight, and six drops—are the superior, medium, and inferior doses. > > For decoctions and the like, \[the doses are\] eight, six, and four \[drops\]. > > For blowing powder (pradhamana), however, it is administered by a tube six aṅgulas long with two openings, blown by breath from the mouth, reaching down to the throat, and applied repeatedly according to the requirement of the doṣa. > > There, due to the absence of the stated signs of vitiation, \[there is\] absence of agitation, the color of the tongue, smoothness, freedom from pain, absence of discharge, having a greyish-black border, the middle of the lip being level, or the middle being slightly elevated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29.11) - [Next: 29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29.13) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.36.12) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29.12) · Pramāṇa