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# The Compendium of Caraka 5.3.5

Carakasaṃhitā 5.3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.5)

tadvyāsato 'anuvyākhyāsyāmaḥ---tasya cet parimṛśyamānaṃ pṛthaktvena pādajaṅghorusphigudarapārśvapṛṣṭheṣikāpāṇigrīvātālvoṣṭhalalāṭaṃ svinnaṃ śītaṃ &stabdhaṃ dāruṇaṃ vītamāṃsaśoṇitaṃ vā syāt, parāsurayaṃ puruṣo na cirāt &kālaṃ mariṣyatīti vidyāt/

> We shall explain it in detail: If, when palpated individually, his foot, shank, thigh, buttock, abdomen, flank, back, spine, hand, neck, palate, lip, or forehead is sweaty, cold, stiff, hard, or devoid of flesh and blood, one should know: 'This man has lost his life-breath; he will die before long.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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