Ashtangasamgraha 34.2

34.2

manaḥśarīrābādhakarāṇi śalyāni |

teṣāṃ nānāvidhānāṃ śalyānāṃ nānādeśaniviṣṭānāmāharaṇe 'bhyupāyo yantrāṇyarśobhagandarādiṣu śastrakṣārāgnyavacāraṇe śeṣāṅgarakṣaṇe ca |

tathā bastipraṇayanādau śṛṅgālābughaṭikādayo jāmbavauṣṭhādīni |

anyānyapi cānekarūpāṇyanekakarmāṇi svasthāturopakaraṇāni |

ataḥ karmavaśātteṣāmiyattāvadhāraṇamaśakyam ||

vṛttonnataṃ yaṃ śvayathuṃ sa granthirgrathanāt smṛtaḥ ||

Foreign bodies (śalya) cause affliction to the mind and the body. / Instruments (yantra) are the means for extracting those manifold foreign bodies lodged in various locations, for applying sharp instruments, alkali, and thermal cautery in hemorrhoids, fistula-in-ano, and the like, and for protecting the remaining parts of the body; / likewise, in administering enemas and so forth, there are horns, gourds, cupping glasses, and the like, as well as jāmbavauṣṭha and other tools. / There are also others of manifold forms and manifold functions, implements for healthy and sick persons. / Therefore, because of their actions, it is impossible to determine their precise number. / That rounded, raised swelling is remembered as a granthi (cyst) because of its knotting.