[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) › 32.13 # Ashtangasamgraha 32.13 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 32.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.13) śalākāḥ pañca kanakarajatatāmralohodbhavā aṅgulī ca | tatrādye prasādane 'ñjane snehane ca | madhyā lekhane | antye ropaṇe | mṛdutvādaṅgulyatra pradhānatamā | ataḥ saruje 'kṣṇi saiva prayojyā | śeṣā daśāṅgulā rājamāṣasthūlāḥ | suślakṣṇāstanumadhyā mukhayormukulākārāḥ kalāyaparimaṇḍalāśca || > The probes are five: made of gold, silver, copper, and iron, and the finger. > Among them, the first two are used for soothing and oleating collyrium; > the middle one for scraping; > the last two for healing. > Because of its softness, the finger is foremost here; > therefore, it alone should be used in a painful eye. > The others are ten fingers \[long\], thick as a royal bean, > very smooth, slender in the middle, bud-shaped at the two ends, and rounded like a pea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.12) - [Next: 32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.14) - [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.32.13) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.39.13) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.32.13) · Pramāṇa