[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) › 32.12 # Ashtangasamgraha 32.12 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 32.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.12) pātre tu kuryāt sauvarṇe madhuram | rājate 'mlam | meṣaśṛṅgamaye lavaṇam | kāṃsye tiktam | vaidūryamaye 'śmamaye vā kaṭukam | tāmramaya āyase vā kaṣāyam | nalaplakṣapadmasphaṭikaśaṅkhādyanyatame śītam | evamavyāpannaguṇaṃ bhavati | vartigharṣaṇārthā ca śilātiślakṣṇā nimnamadhyānudgāriṇī pañcāṅgulāyatā tryaṅgulavistīrṇā || > One should prepare a sweet \[collyrium\] in a gold vessel; > a sour one in silver; > a salty one in \[a horn of\] a ram's horn; > a bitter one in bronze; > a pungent one in a lapis lazuli or stone vessel; > an astringent one in a copper or iron vessel; > and a cold one in any of reed, plakṣa, lotus, crystal, conch shell, and the like. > In this way, its qualities do not deteriorate. > And the stone for grinding the wick should be very smooth, depressed in the center, not flaking, five fingers long, and three fingers wide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.11) - [Next: 32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.13) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.32.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.12) · Pramāṇa