Ashtangasamgraha 34.23
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 34.23
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34.23
viśeṣatastu dantalekhanaṃ suprabandhavaccaturasramekadhāraṃ dantaśarkarālekhane |
maṇḍalāgraṃ pradeśinyantarnakhavistṛtaphalaṃ tallekhanacchedanayorvartmarogotsannadantamāṃsadurniviṣṭavraṇagalaśuṇḍikādiṣu prayojyam ||
ślīpadaṃ jāyate tacca deśe 'nūpe bhṛśaṃ bhramāt ||
In particular, the tooth-scraper, having a good grip, being four-sided, and single-edged, is for scraping tartar from the teeth.
The maṇḍalāgra, whose blade is as wide as the fingernail of the index finger, is to be employed for scraping and excising in eye-lid diseases, hypertrophied gum flesh, ill-positioned ulcers, uvulitis, and the like.
And elephantiasis (ślīpada) arises in marshy areas, especially from wandering [there].
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