[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) › 8.30 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.30 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.30) saṃvibhaktaśca bhaktaśca śucirvaidyavaśūnugaḥ | sarve 'pi bhūbhṛdāsannāḥ śastāḥ satatamīdṛśāḥ || ṣoḍaśavistārā kaṭī pañcāśatpariṇāhā | daśāṅgulaṃ bastiśiraḥ | dvādaśāṅgulamudaram | daśavistāre dvādaśāyāme pārśve | dvādaśotsedhaṃ trikam | aṣṭādaśotsedhaṃ pṛṣṭham | dvādaśakaṃ stanāntaram | dvyaṅgulaṃ stanaparyantam | caturviṃśatyaṅgulaviśālaṃ dvādaśotsedhamuraḥ | dvyaṅgulaṃ hṛdayam | aṣṭakau skandhe kakṣe ca | ṣaṭkāvaṃsau | ṣoḍaśakau prabāhū | pañcadaśakau prapāṇī | dvādaśāṅgulau pāṇī | tatrāpi pañcāṅgulā madhyamāṅguliḥ | tato 'rdhāṅgulahīne pradeśinyanāmike | sārdhatryaṅgulau kaniṣṭhikāṅguṣṭhau | caturaṅgulotsedhā dvāviṃśatipariṇāhā śirodharā | dvādaśotsedhaṃ caturviṃśatipariṇāhamānanam || bhinnāmaśleṣmasaṃsṛṣṭaguruvarcaḥpravartanam || dhānvantaraṃ tryūṣaṇaṃ vā doṣadehānurodhataḥ || bhakṣyāśca sarve sarveṣāṃ sāmānyo vidhirityayam || > Equitable, devoted, pure, and obedient to the physician; / all those in close attendance on the king are recommended to be always of this kind. > Sixteen \[finger-breadths\] is the breadth of the waist, fifty its circumference; / ten finger-breadths is the head of the bladder; / twelve finger-breadths is the abdomen; / ten in breadth and twelve in length are the flanks; / twelve in height is the sacrum; / eighteen in height is the back; / twelve is the space between the breasts; / two finger-breadths is the nipple's perimeter; / twenty-four finger-breadths broad and twelve high is the chest; / two finger-breadths is the heart; / eight each are the shoulders and the armpits; / six each the clavicles; / sixteen each the forearms; / fifteen each the hands below the wrist; / twelve finger-breadths the hands; / therein also, five finger-breadths is the middle finger; / half a finger-breadth less than that are the index and ring fingers; / three and a half finger-breadths are the little finger and the thumb; / four finger-breadths in height and twenty-two in circumference is the neck; / twelve in height and twenty-four in circumference is the face. > Discharge of heavy feces that are broken and mixed with āma and śleṣman. > Dhānvantara or tryūṣaṇa according to the doṣas and the body. > And all foodstuffs for everyone: this is the general rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.29) - [Next: 8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.31) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.30) · Pramāṇa