[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) › 34.2 # Ashtangasamgraha 34.2 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 34.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.34.1) - [Next: 34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.34.3) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.34.2) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.41.1) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.34.2) · Pramāṇa