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# The Compendium of Caraka 2.5.8\_3

Carakasaṃhitā 2.5.8\_3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.8\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5.8_3)

snigdhāni gurūṇyutsedhavanti &ślakṣṇasthirapītaparyantāni śuklaraktāvabhāsāni śuklaromarājīsantānāni &bahubahalaśuklapicchilasrāvīṇi bahukledakaṇḍūkrimīṇi saktagatisamutthānabhedīni parimaṇḍalāni maṇḍalakuṣṭhāni vidyāt;

> One should recognise as maṇḍalakuṣṭha those that are unctuous, heavy, elevated, with smooth, firm, yellowish borders, having a white-red appearance, crossed by rows of white hair, discharging abundant, thick, white, slimy fluid, having much moisture, itching, and organisms, slow in progress, onset, and ulceration, and circular in shape.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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