[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) › 39.5 # Ashtangasamgraha 39.5 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 39.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [39.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.39.5) atha bahiḥ parimārjanastrividho madhyo mṛdustīkṣṇaśca | tasya pākavidhiḥ śaradi śucirupoṣitaḥ śuklavāsāḥ praśaste 'hani praśastadeśajātaṃ madhyamavayasamanupahataṃ mahāntaṃ kālamuṣkakaṃ surāpalalasumano 'kṣatādibhiścaturdiśaṃ baliṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ cābhyarcyainamadhivāsayet || sallakībadarībilvapalāśatiniśodbhavāḥ || > Now, the \[caustic for\] external application is of three kinds: moderate, mild, and sharp. / Its preparation method: In autumn, being pure, fasting, dressed in white clothes, on an auspicious day, having offered oblations in the four directions with wine, ground grain, flowers, unbroken grains, and the like to a large kālamuṣkaka tree that is grown in a commendable region, of middle age, and uninjured, and having worshiped it while circumambulating it sunwise, one should consecrate it. / Arising from sallakī, badarī, bilva, palāśa, and tiniśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.39.4) - [Next: 39.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.39.6) - [Up: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.39) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.39.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.39.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.39.5) · Pramāṇa