[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) › 3.8.55 # The Compendium of Caraka 3.8.55 Carakasaṃhitā 3.8.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.8.55) atha vākyapraśaṃsā---vākyapraśaṃsā nāma yathā khalvasminnarthe tvanyūnam, anadhikam, arthavat, anapārthakam, aviruddham, adhigatapadārthaṃ ceti yattadvākyamananuyojyamiti praśasyate// > Now, excellence of statement: excellence of statement in this subject is that statement which is praised as unquestionable because it is non-deficient, non-superfluous, meaningful, non-incoherent, non-contradictory, and has readily understood word-meanings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8.54\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.8.54_6) - [Next: 3.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.8.56) - [Up: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.3.8.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.8.55) · Pramāṇa