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The Compendium of Caraka 4.7.15

Carakasaṃhitā 4.7.15

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Sanskrit

4.7.15

yattvañjalisaṃkhyeyaṃ tadupadekṣyāmaḥ; tat paraṃ pramāṇamabhijñeyaṃ, tacca vṛddhihrāsayogi, tarkyameva / tadyathā --- daśodakasyāñjalayaḥ śarīre svenāñjalipramāṇena, yattu pracyavamānaṃ purīṣam anubadhnātyatiyogena tathā mūtraṃ rudhiramanyāṃśca śarīradhātūn, yattu sarvaśarīracaraṃ bāhyā tvagbibharti, yattu tvagantare vraṇagataṃ lasīkāśabdaṃ labhate, yaccaoṣmaṇānubaddhaṃ lomakūpebhyo niṣpatat svedaśabdamavāpnoti, tadudakaṃ daśāñjalipramāṇaṃ; navāñjalayaḥ pūrvasyāhārapariṇāmadhātoḥ, yaṃ 'rasa' ityācakṣate; aṣṭau śoṇitasya, sapta purīṣasya, ṣaṭ śleṣmaṇaḥ, pañca pittasya, catvāro mūtrasya, trayo vasāyāḥ, dvau medasaḥ, eko majjāyāḥ, mastiṣkasyārdhāñjaliḥ, śukrasya tāvadeva pramāṇaṃ,tāvadeva ślaiṣmikasyaujasa iti/ etaccharīratattvamuktam //

Now, we will explain that which is measurable in handfuls; that is to be known as the maximum measure, and it is subject to increase and decrease, and must be inferred. Namely: ten handfuls of water in the body, measured by one's own handful—that which, when excessively discharged, accompanies the feces, and likewise the urine, blood, and other bodily tissues; that which, coursing through the whole body, the outer skin holds; that which, situated in a wound between layers of skin, receives the name lymph; and that which, combined with heat, issues from the hair follicles and obtains the name sweat: that water is ten handfuls in measure; nine handfuls of the first tissue resulting from the digestion of food, which they call 'chyle'; eight of blood; seven of feces; six of phlegm; five of bile; four of urine; three of muscle fat; two of fat; one of bone marrow; half a handful of brain matter; just that much measure of semen; and just that much of phlegmatic ojas. Thus the reality of the body has been declared.

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