[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) › 6.6 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.6 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.6) sāmudraṃ tanna pātavyaṃ māsādāśvayujādvinā | khātadhautaśilāpṛṣṭhavastrādibhyaścyutaṃ jalam || tāsāṃ catasro 'ṣṭau ca marmasaṃjñāḥ | dve kṛkāṭikayordve vidhurayoriti ṣoḍaśa śastreṇa na spṛśet | hanvoḥ ṣoḍaśa tāsāṃ sandhisambandhinyau dve | ṣoḍaśa jihvāyām | tāsāmadho dve rasavedinyau dve vākpravartinyau tāścatasraḥ | caturviṃśatirnāsāyām | tāsāṃ dve gandhavedinyau tāsāmeva ca tālunyekāmiti tisraḥ | ṣaṭpañcāśannetrayoḥ | tayorunmeṣanimeṣakriye dve dve | dve cāpāṅgayoriti ṣaṭ | nāsānetragatāstu lalāṭe ṣaṣṭiḥ | tāsāṃ keśāntānugatāścatasro dve cāvartayorekā ca sthapanyāmiti sapta | karṇayoḥ ṣoḍaśa | tāsāṃ śabdavāhinyau dve | ta eva ca śaṅkhayostāsāṃ śaṅkhasandhigate dve | dvādaśa mūrdhani | tāsāmutkṣepayordve sīmanteṣvekaikāmekāmadhipatāvityaṣṭau śastreṇa pariharet | tathā kṣudrikāḥ kuṭilāḥ saṅkīrṇā grathitāḥ sandhiṣu cāśastrakṛtyāḥ || niraṅkuśa iva vyālo na kiñcinnācarejjaḍaḥ || nirhṛte sukhamāproti sakaphe duṣṭavigrahe || uṣṇasya tasmādekasya tatra pānaṃ praśasyate | phalavartyastathā svedāḥ kālaṃ jñātvā virecanam || siddhārthakasarjarasakuṣṭhahiṅguguggulubhirvā || > Rainwater that has fallen into the sea should not be drunk, except in the month of Āśvayuja; / or water that has fallen from excavations, washed rock faces, cloths, and the like. > > Of those, four and eight are termed vital spots. > > Two in the kṛkāṭikā, two in the vidhura—thus sixteen should not be touched with a sharp instrument. > > Sixteen in the jaws; of these, two are connected to the joints. > > Sixteen in the tongue. > > Of these, two beneath perceive tastes, and two initiate speech; that makes four. > > Twenty-four in the nose. > > Of these, two perceive smells, and of these very ones, one is in the palate; that makes three. > > Fifty-six in the eyes. > > In them, two each actuate opening and closing. > > And two in the outer corners; that makes six. > > Those extending from the nose and eyes to the forehead are sixty. > > Of these, four follow the hairline, two in the brows, and one in the sthapanī; that makes seven. > > Sixteen in the ears. > > Of these, two convey sound. > > And the same in the temples; of these, two are situated in the temporal joints. > > Twelve in the crown of the head. > > Of these, two in the utkṣepa, one each in the cranial sutures, and one in the adhipati; thus eight should be avoided with the knife. > > Likewise, minute, tortuous, crowded, and knotted ones, as well as those located at joints, are unfit for surgical operation. > > Like an elephant without a goad, the stupid person will refrain from doing nothing. > > When the morbid accumulation accompanied by kapha is expelled, one attains comfort. > > Therefore, the intake of a hot \[liquid\] alone is recommended in that condition; / along with fruit suppositories and sudations, and purgation after determining the proper time, > > or with white mustard, sal tree resin, kuṣṭha, asafoetida, and guggulu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.5) - [Next: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.7) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.201) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Dravyaguṇasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.dravyaguna.dravyagunasamgraha.8.3) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.6) · Pramāṇa