Ashtangasamgraha 34.16

34.16

And the rods are thick, slender, long, short, and medium. / But in inguinal hernia, rods curved like a crescent moon, projecting upwards from the middle [are used]. / For cauterizing nasal hemorrhoids and tumors, [there is a rod] with a mouth the size of half a jujube stone, with curved lips. / And for applying alkali, poison, and medicines, there are three ladles eight fingers long, ladle-shaped, with cupped mouths measuring the size of the nails of the little finger, ring finger, and middle finger respectively, and shaped like cupped palms. / In urethral or vaginal douche, collyrium, and so forth, [rods] have been taught each in their respective places. // And one should cause it to ripen when it is distended, with discharge, and gathered into a fleshy mass.