[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) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 8.2 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 8.2 Bheḷasaṃhitā 8.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.1) avapīḍānuvāsāś ca dhūmāḥ pradhamanāni ca | caturvidhaṃ nasyam āhuḥ pṛthaktvena tu me śṛṇu || 8| > Squeezed juice, unctuous enemas, smokes, and blowing powders: / nasal medication is said to be of four kinds; now hear them from me individually: (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.2) galagraho rohiṇikā śaṅkhako ' rdhāvabhedakaḥ | pratiśyāyaś ca kāsaś ca śvāso hikkā biḍālikā || > Throat obstruction, rohiṇikā, śaṅkhaka, ardhāvabhedaka, / catarrh, cough, dyspnea, hiccup, biḍālikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.3) mukharogo hy apasmāro dantatālukavidradhī | dantapuppuṭakaś caiva pūtināsāmukhaṃ tathā || > mouth disease, epilepsy, abscess of the teeth and palate, / boil on the gums, foul-smelling nose and mouth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.4) abhiṣyandāś ca catvārastandrā yenetrasaṃbhavāḥ | sārbudāś cāpy adhīmanthāḥ nāsārśaś cabhagandarāḥ || > the four ophthalmias, torpor originating in the eyes, / adhīmanthas with tumors, nasal polyp, and fistulae-in-ano. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.5) upajihvā galagranthiḥkaṇṭhaśālūka eva ca | galaśuṇṭhikālasake kāryaṃ śīrṣavirecanam || > In uvulitis, throat ganglion, and kaṇṭhaśālūka, / in uvular swelling and alasaka, head purgation should be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.6) maricāni vilaṅgāni pippalyo ' tha phaṇirjakaḥ | kṣavako yavanaś caivaśigrubījaṃ mayūrakaḥ || > Black peppers, viḍaṅga, pippalī, and phaṇirjaka, / kṣavaka, yavana, śigru seed, and mayūraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.7) hiṅgu sauvarcalaṃ bhārṅgīnaktamālaphalāni ca | jyotiṣmatī śṛṅgiberaṃ śairīṣaṃ bījam eva ca || > asafoetida, black salt, bhārṅgī, and fruits of naktamāla, / jyotiṣmatī, dry ginger, and seeds of śirīṣa— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.8) etacchīrṣavirekārthamuktavyādhiṣu yojayet | avapīḍe ' tha dhūme vā dvandvaśaḥ sarvaśo ' pi vā || > these should be employed for the purpose of head purgation in the stated diseases, / as pressed juice or as smoke, either pairwise or all together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.9) etair eva uṣadhagaṇais tailaṃ dhīro vipācayet | avimūtreṇa saṃyuktaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śīrṣavirecanam || > The wise physician should boil oil with these very groups of herbs / combined with sheep urine; it is the best head purgative. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.10) dhūmaṃ ca sarvagandhānāṃnatakuṣṭhavivarjitam | dhūmavartiṃ pibettāvacchreṣṭhaṃ śīrṣavirecanam || > And smoke of all aromatic substances, excluding nata and kuṣṭha; / he should inhale that smoking stick, which is the best head purgative. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.11) śirasas tu virekeṇa karṇajihvākṣināsikāḥ | viśudhyante yathādoṣaṃ mukhanāsāvaheṣu ca || > By the purgation of the head, the ears, tongue, eyes, and nostrils / are purified according to the humor, as well as the channels carrying \[breath\] to the mouth and nose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.12) vivṛtiḥ kheṣu viśadā na ca śleṣmā prasicyate | samyak śirasi saṃśuddhe vedanā copaśāmyati || > There is clear opening in the cavities, and phlegm is not secreted; / when the head is properly purified, pain also subsides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.13) vyādhau ca bhaṅgacūrṇatvaṃ(?) srotasāṃ suviśuddhatā | tathaivātiviśuddheṣusrotassvāyasyate śiraḥ || > There is breaking and crushing of the disease, and thorough purity of the channels; / similarly, when the channels are excessively purified, the head becomes strained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.14) dantacāle hanustambhe manyāstambhe śirograhe | vādhirye karṇaśūle ca karṇamūlāc ca bhedane || > In looseness of teeth, lockjaw, torticollis, tightness in the head, / deafness, earache, and tearing pain from the base of the ear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.15) apatantre keśasāde ' prabodhe dṛṣṭivibhrame | hikkānetramukhāsrāve svarabhede ' thavāggrahe || > in apatantraka, loss of hair, stupor, impairment of vision, / hiccup, discharge from the eyes and mouth, hoarseness of voice, or loss of speech, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.16) gaṇḍoṣṭhamukhacāleṣukāceṣu timireṣu ca | daurgandhye mukhanāsābhyāṃ pālity e vāpy akālaje || > in trembling of the cheeks, lips, and mouth, in cataracts and timira diseases, / in foul odor from the mouth and nostrils, or in premature graying, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.17) ūrdhvajatrugatā ye ca rogāssamparikīrtitāḥ | nasyakarma hitaṃ teṣāṃ tailaṃ vā sarpireva vā || > and whatever diseases situated above the clavicles are proclaimed: / the administration of errhine, either oil or ghee, is beneficial for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.18) jīvakarṣabhakau drākṣā pippalyo madhukaṃ balā | prapauṇḍarīkaṃ medā ca śarkarā nīlamutpalam || > Jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, grapes, pippalī, liquorice, balā, / prapauṇḍarīka, medā, sugar, blue water lily, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.19) nidigdhikā cāṃśumatī nīlikā saindhavaṃvacā | rāsnā śvadaṃṣṭrā mañjiṣṭhā bṛhatī sapunarnavā || > nidigdhikā, aṃśumatī, nīlikā, rock salt, vacā, / rāsnā, śvadaṃṣṭrā, mañjiṣṭhā, bṛhatī, along with punarnavā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.20) ebhiḥpalasamaiḥ siddhaṃ tailaṃ vā yadi vāghṛtam | caturguṇena payasā nasyaṃ tatparamucyate || > oil or else ghee prepared with equal palas of these, / with four parts of milk, is declared to be a supreme errhine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.21) nasyataḥ snehapānenakṛṣṇaromā dṛḍhendriyaḥ | avalīpalitavyaṅgaḥ cakṣuṣmāñjāyate naraḥ || > From errhine and internal oil-intake, a man acquires black hair, / firm sense organs, freedom from wrinkles, graying, and facial blemishes, and good vision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.22) karṇākṣināsāvaktrāṇāṃ snehenāvṛtya tarpaṇam | indriyāṇāṃ vimuktatvaṃ prasādaḥ svaravarṇayoḥ || > Nourishment by coating the ears, eyes, nose, and mouth with unction, / freedom of the sense faculties, clarity of voice and complexion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.23) srotasāṃ vimalatvaṃ cajñeyaṃ saṃsnigdhalakṣaṇam | asnigdhaliṅgaṃ rūkṣatvaṃ srotasāṃriktatā tathā || > and cleanliness of the channels are to be known as signs of being properly oleated. / Dryness and emptiness of the channels are the signs of being non-oleated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.24) śiraso guruduḥkhatvaṃ srotasāṃ snehapūrṇatā | karṇatālūpadehaśca nasyātisnigdhalakṣaṇam || > Heaviness and pain of the head, fullness of the channels with unctuous substance, / and coating of the ears and palate are signs of excessive oleation by errhine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.25) nājīrṇe nārdraśirasi panthānaṃ gantumicchataḥ | na pītamātre pānīye jvaritasya na dāpayet || > One should not administer it during indigestion, nor with a wet head, nor to one desiring to travel on a path, / nor to one who has just drunk water, nor to one suffering from fever, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.26) na maithunaṃ gatavataḥ madyapītasya naiva ca | nātibhuktasya nāsnigdhasvinnasyānirvṛtes tathā || > nor to one who has engaged in sexual intercourse, nor indeed to one who has drunk liquor, / nor to one who has overeaten, nor to one un-oleated or un-sudated, nor likewise to an uneasy person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.27) samyaṅ nirūḍhasyanarugujā samyak praśāmyati | yato mūtrapurīṣāmyāṃvāto hy asya nivartate || > For a man who has been properly evacuated by non-unctuous enema, pain completely subsides, / since wind departs along with his urine and feces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.28) nirūḍhaṃ taṃ bhiṣagvidyādanirūḍhasya lakṣaṇam | tathaiva vyādhirādhmānaṃ śūlaṃ viṇmūtranigrahaḥ || > The physician should recognize him as properly evacuated. The symptoms of the un-evacuated / are persistence of the disease, flatulence, abdominal colic, and suppression of stool and urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.29) pūrṇakukṣitvamānāho durnirūḍhasya lakṣaṇam | nirūḍhasya punaryasya śoṇitaṃ sampraduṣyati || > Fullness of the abdomen and distension are the characteristics of the poorly evacuated. / Furthermore, the blood becomes severely corrupted in one \[improperly\] evacuated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.30) atīva tu nirūḍhasya niṣpurīṣasya mārutaḥ | śūlenāveṣṭyamanasya sarvagātrāṇi pīḍayet || > In one excessively evacuated and devoid of feces, wind, / encircling with colic, afflicts all his limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2.31) iti pañcavidhaṃ coktaṃ vyākhyātaṃ samupācaret | pañcakarmavidhānajño rājārho bhiṣagucyate || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele dvitīyo ' dhyāyaḥ || ||caturtho ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto daśavyāpadīyāṃ vamanavirecanasiddhiṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > Thus the fivefold \[procedure\] described and explained should be administered; / a physician knowing the ordinances of the five procedures is said to be fit for a king. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. Thus ends the second chapter in Bheḷa. Fourth chapter. Now we shall explain the successful management of the ten complications of emesis and purgation; thus said the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.8.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.kaumara.kasyapa.7.4.35) — Mārīca Kaśyapa & Vātsya, Sanskrit - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.17.10) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.116.64-2) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.8.2) · Pramāṇa