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Ashtangasamgraha 8.29

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.29

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Sanskrit

8.29

kLptakeśanakhāḥ pitryā rājñaḥ kṛtyairasaṅgatāḥ |

teṣāmadhipatirvipraḥ kulajaḥ suparīkṣitaḥ ||

caturaṅgulāyatāḥ pṛthak prapadapādatalapārṣṇayaḥ ṣaṭpañcacaturaṅgulavistṛtāścaturdaśaivāyāmena pādaścaturdaśaiva pariṇāhena |

tathā gulphau jaṅghāmadhyaṃ ca |

caturaṅgulotsedhaḥ pādaḥ |

aṣṭādaśāyāmā jaṅghā ūruśca |

caturaṅgulaṃ jānu |

triṃśadaṅgulapariṇāha ūruḥ |

ṣaḍāyāmena ||

hṛdayaṃ manyate styānamudaraṃ stimitaṃ guru ||

pracchardanātiyogoktaṃ kramaṃ stambhanabṛṃhaṇam ||

rocate yadyadā yebhyastatteṣāmāharettadā ||

With hair and nails trimmed, ancestral [servants], uninvolved in affairs against the king; / their overseer should be a brāhmaṇa, well-born and thoroughly examined.
Four finger-breadths in length separately are the forefoot, sole, and heel; their breadths are six, five, and four finger-breadths; fourteen [finger-breadths] indeed is the length of the foot, and fourteen indeed its circumference; / likewise the two ankles and the middle of the shank; / four finger-breadths is the height of the foot; / eighteen [finger-breadths] is the length of the shank and the thigh; / four finger-breadths is the knee; / thirty finger-breadths is the circumference of the thigh; / six in length.
He considers the heart congested, and the abdomen sluggish and heavy.
He should employ the regimen stated for excessive emesis, consisting of astringing and nourishing [therapies].
Whatever appeals to whomsoever at any time, that he should bring to them then.

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