[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) › 5.1.3 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.1.3 Carakasaṃhitā 5.1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1.3) iha khalu varṇaśca svaraśca gandhaśca rasaśca sparśaśca cakṣuśca śrotraṃ ca ghrāṇaṃ ca rasanaṃ ca sparśanaṃ ca sattvaṃ ca bhaktiśca śaucaṃ ca śīlaṃ cācāraśca smṛtiścākṛtiśca prakṛtiśca vikṛtiśca balaṃ ca glāniśca medhā ca harṣaśca raukṣyaṃ ca snehaśca tandrā cārambhaśca gauravaṃ ca lāghavaṃ ca guṇāścāhāraśca vihāraścāhārapariṇāmaścopāyaścāpāyaśca vyādhiśca vyādhipūrvarūpaṃ ca vedanāścopadravāśca cchāyā ca praticchāyā ca svapnadarśanaṃ ca dūtādhikāraśca pathi cautpātikaṃ cāturakule bhāvāvasthāntāaṇi ca &bheṣajasaṃvṛttiśca bheṣajavikārayuktiśceti parīkṣyāṇi pratyakṣānumānopadeśairāyuṣaḥ pramāṇāvaśeṣaṃ jijñāsamānena bhiṣajā// > Here, indeed, complexion, voice, smell, taste, touch, eye, ear, nose, tongue, skin, mind, disposition, cleanliness, conduct, behavior, memory, appearance, constitutional nature, pathological alteration, strength, debility, intellect, exhilaration, dryness, unctuousness, drowsiness, exertion, heaviness, lightness, bodily qualities, diet, regimen, digestion of food, expedient means, harm, disease, premonitory symptoms of disease, pain, complications, shadow, reflection, dreams, messenger's condition, omens on the road, condition and state of affairs in the patient's household, and the response to medicine and application of therapeutics—these are to be examined through direct perception, inference, and authoritative testimony by a physician seeking to know the remaining span of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1.2) - [Next: 5.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1.4) - [Up: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1.3) · Pramāṇa