Ashtangasamgraha 4.40_2

4.40_2

atha striyamāśvāsya maṇḍalāgreṇāṅguliśastreṇa vā vidārya śiraḥ kapālānyāhṛtya garbhaśaṅkunā gṛhītvā cibuke tālunyurasi kakṣyāyāṃ vāpaharet |

Then, having reassured the woman, having pierced the head with a round-tipped knife or a finger knife, and having removed the cranial bones, having grasped it with a traction hook by the chin, palate, chest, or armpit, he should draw it out.