[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) › 7.9 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.9 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.9) ṣaṣṭiko vrīhiṣu śreṣṭho gauraścāsitagaurataḥ | tataḥ kramānmahāvrīhikṛṣṇavrīhijatūmukhāḥ || tāsāṃ dve nīle dve manye | tāsu mūkatā svaravaikṛtyaṃ rasāgrāhitā vā bhavati | grīvāyāmubhayataḥ pṛthak catasraḥ sirāmātṛkāstāsu sadyomaraṇam | śirogrīvayoḥ sandhāne kukāṭike | tayoścalamūrdhatā | karṇapṛṣṭhayoradhassaṃśrite vidhure | tayorbādhiryam | ghrāṇamārgamubhayataḥ śrotramārgapratibaddhāvabhyantarataḥ phaṇau | tayorgandhājñānam | bhruvoḥ pucchāntayoradhokṣṇorbāhyato 'pāṅgau tayorāndhyam | bhruvoḥ pucchāntayoruparyanukarṇaṃ lalāṭe śaṅkhau | tayoḥ sadyomaraṇam | bhruvorupari nimnayorāvartau | tayorāndhyam | dṛṣṭyupaghāto vā || veśavārīkṛtāḥ pathyā rasādiṣu ca kalpitāḥ || phalatailayutaiḥ sāmlairbastibhistaṃ vinirharet || pāpasya karmaṇaḥ samārambhe | pūrvakṛtasya vā pariṇāmakāle | ekasya vā śūnyagṛhanivāse | catuṣpathādhiṣṭhāne vā | sandhyāvelāyāmaprayatabhāve vā pakṣasandhiṣu vā mithunībhāve | rajasvalābhigamane vā | viguṇe vādhyāpanahomabalimaṅgalaprayoge | niyamabrahmacaryavratabhaṅge vā | mahāhave vā | deśapurakulavināśe vā | mahāgrahopagamane vā | striyā vā prajananakāle | vividhabhūtāśucisaṃsparśe vā | vamanavirecanarudhirasrāve vā | aśuceraprayatasya vā caityadevāyatanābhigamane vā | māṃsamadhuguḍatilamadyocchiṣṭe vā | digvāsasi vā | niśi nagaracatuṣpathopavanaśmaśānābhigamane vā | dvijagurusurayatipūjyavyatikrame vā || > Among vrīhi rices, the ṣaṣṭika is best; the white is superior to the dark-white; > after that, in order, are mahāvrīhi, kṛṣṇavrīhi, and jatūmukha. > Of them, two are nīlās and two are manyās. > Injury to them causes muteness, alteration of voice, or loss of taste sensation. > In the neck, on either side, are four sirāmātṛkās separately; injury to them causes immediate death. > At the junction of the head and the neck are the two kukāṭikās. > Injury to them causes tremors of the head. > Situated below the back of the ears are the two vidhuras. > Injury to them causes deafness. > On both sides of the nasal passage, connected internally to the ear passages, are the two phaṇas. > Injury to them causes loss of smell. > Below the outer ends of the eyebrows, outside the eyes, are the two apāṅgas; injury to them causes blindness. > Above the outer ends of the eyebrows, along the ear on the forehead, are the two śaṅkhas. > Injury to them causes immediate death. > Above the eyebrows, in the depressions, are the two āvartas. > Injury to them causes blindness > or impairment of vision. > Prepared as veśavāra, they are wholesome and included in broths and the like. > One should eliminate it with enemas accompanied by fruits and oils along with sours. > At the commencement of a sinful deed; > or at the time of the maturation of deeds done in a past life; > or when living alone in a deserted house; > or when standing at a crossroads; > or when in an impure state at twilight, or when engaging in sexual intercourse during the junctions of fortnights; > or when having intercourse with a menstruating woman; > or during defective instruction, oblations, offerings, or auspicious rites; > or upon the breach of vows, celibacy, or religious observances; > or during a great battle; > or during the destruction of a country, town, or family; > or at the conjunction of a major planet; > or at the time of a woman giving birth; > or upon contact with various impure beings; > or during vomiting, purgation, or hemorrhage; > or when entering a caitya or temple while impure or unprepared; > or when contaminated with meat, honey, jaggery, sesame, or alcohol; > or when unclothed; > or when going out at night to a city crossroad, garden, or cremation ground; > or upon offending brāhmaṇas, teachers, gods, ascetics, or venerable persons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.8) - [Next: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.10) - [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.7.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.295) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.9) · Pramāṇa