[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) › 7.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.3 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.3) puṇḍraḥ pāṇḍuḥ puṇḍarīkaḥ pramodo gauraśārivau | kāñcano mahiṣaḥ śūko dūṣakaḥ kusumāṇḍakaḥ || aṅguṣṭhāṅgulyormadhye kṣipraṃ tatrākṣepakena maraṇam | kṣiprasyopari dvyaṅgula ubhayataḥ kūrcaḥ | tatra pādasya bhramaṇavepane bhavataḥ gulphasandheradhaḥ kūrcaśiraḥ | tatra rujāśophau | pādajaṅghayoḥ sandhāne gulphaḥ | tatra ruk stabdhasakthitā ṣaṇḍhatā vā | pārṣṇiprabhṛtidvādaśabhiraṅgulairjaṅghāmadhye indrabastiḥ | tatra śoṇitkṣayānmaraṇam | jaṅghorvoḥ sandhāne jānu tatra khañjatā || tasyā dvividho hetuḥ mātāpitrorapacāro daivaṃ ca | tābhyāṃ sannipātaprakopaḥ | tasmāttānyasādhyāni | etena kulajāḥ sarve vikārā vyākhyātāḥ || sarpiṣmatyā yavāgvā vā vamanadravyasiddhayā || atibhukte gururvarcaḥsañcaye 'lpabalastathā | dattastairāvṛtaḥ sneho nāyātyabhibhavādapi || > Puṇḍra, pāṇḍu, puṇḍarīka, pramoda, the two gauraśārivas, > kāñcana, mahiṣa, śūka, dūṣaka, kusumāṇḍaka; > Between the big toe and the \[second\] toe is Kṣipra; an injury there causes death from convulsions. > Two finger-breadths above Kṣipra on both sides is Kūrca; > there, trembling and rotation of the foot occur. Below the ankle joint is Kūrcaśiras; > there, pain and swelling occur. > At the union of the foot and the lower leg is Gulpha; > there, pain, stiffness of the leg, or impotence occurs. > Twelve finger-breadths up from the heel, in the middle of the calf, is Indrabasti; > there, death occurs from loss of blood. > At the junction of the calf and thigh is Jānu; there, lameness occurs. > Its cause is of two kinds: misconduct of the parents and fate. > From both of these arises the aggravation of all three doṣas; > therefore, they are incurable. > By this, all hereditary disorders are explained. > Or with gruel containing ghee, prepared with emetic substances; > When given to one who has overeaten, who is heavy, who has an accumulation of feces, or who is weak, > the unctuous substance, enveloped by these, does not return, even due to overwhelm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.2) - [Next: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.4) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.3) · Pramāṇa