Ashtangasamgraha 34.35

34.35

teṣāṃ chedanabhedanalekhanāni vṛntasādhāraṇe bhāge pradeśinīmadhyamāṅguṣṭhaiḥ susamāhito gṛhṇīyāt |

vṛntāgre visrāvaṇāni pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhāṅgulībhyām |

hastatalapracchāditavṛntāgraṃ vrīhimukhaṃ mukhe |

mūleṣvāharaṇārthāni |

pāśasyopari madhye laghusandaṃśaṃ kartarīṃ ca |

śeṣāṇyapi yathāyogaṃ kriyāsaukaryeṇa ||

Among them, [the physician] should, with great concentration, hold [instruments for] excision, incision, and scraping at the junction of the handle with the index finger, middle finger, and thumb; / [instruments for] draining by the index finger and thumb at the tip of the handle; / the barley-point knife at its mouth, with the tip of its handle concealed in the palm of the hand; / those intended for extraction at their base; / a small forceps and scissors above the loop and in the middle; / and the remaining ones as appropriate, according to the convenience of the operation.