[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 Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 1.30.78 # The Compendium of Caraka 1.30.78 Carakasaṃhitā 1.30.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.30.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.30.78) sadvṛttairna vigṛhṇīyādbhiṣagalpaśrutairapi / hanyāt praśnāṣṭakenādāvitarāṃstvāptamāninaḥ // > A physician should not enter into hostile disputes with virtuous people, even if they are little-learned; > but at the outset, he should strike down the others, who fancy themselves authoritative, with the eightfold inquiry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.30.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.30.77) - [Next: 1.30.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.30.79) - [Up: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.1.30.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.30.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.1.30.78) · Pramāṇa