[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) › 5.3 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.3: tritīyo 'adhyāyaḥ/ Carakasaṃhitā 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### tritīyo 'adhyāyaḥ/ ### [5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.1) athātaḥ parimarśanīyamindriyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now we shall explain the section on signs \[of death\] entitled That Which Is to Be Palpated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.3) varṇe svare ca gandhe ca rase coktaṃ pṛthak pṛthak/ liṅgaṃ mumūrṣatāṃ samyak sparśoṣvapi nibodhata// > In complexion, in voice, in smell, and in taste, the sign of those about to die / has been correctly stated individually; learn it also in touch: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.4) &sparśaprādhānyenaivāturasyāyuṣaḥ &pramāṇāvaśeṣaṃ jijñāsuḥ prakṛtisthena pāṇinā śarīramasya kevalaṃ spṛśet, parimarśayedvā 'anyena/ > Wishing to know the remainder of the measure of the patient's life primarily through touch, one should touch his entire body with a healthy hand, or have it palpated by another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.4_1) parimṛśatā tu khalvāturaśarīramime bhāvāstatra tatrāvaboddhavyā bhavanti/tadyathā---satataṃ spandamānānāṃ śarīradeśānāmaspandanaṃ, nityoṣmaṇāṃ śītībhāvaḥ, mṛdūnāṃ dāruṇatvaṃ, ślakṣṇānāṃ kharatvaṃ, &satāmasadbhāvaḥ, sandhīnāṃ sraṃsabharaṃśacyavanāni; māṃsaśoṇitayorvītībhāvaḥ, dāruṇatvaṃ, svedānubandhaḥ, stambho vā; yaccānyadapi kiñcidīdṛśaṃ sparśānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ bhṛśavikṛtamanimittaṃ syāt/ iti lakṣaṇaṃ spṛśyānāṃ bhāvānāmuktaṃ samāsena// > As he palpates the patient's body, these phenomena are to be recognized in various places: namely—lack of pulsation in body regions that pulsate constantly, coldness in those that are constantly warm, hardness in soft parts, roughness in smooth parts, absence of what is present, loosening, dislocation, and displacement of joints; loss of flesh and blood, hardness, continuous sweating, or stiffness; and whatever other such sign of touch there may be that is extremely abnormal and without cause. Thus the sign of tangible phenomena has been stated in brief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [5.3.5\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.5_1) tasya cet parimṛśyamānāni pṛthaktvena gulphajānuvaṅkṣaṇagudavṛṣaṇameḍhranābhyaṃsastanamaṇikaparśukāhanunāsikākarṇākṣibhrūśaṅkhādīni srastāni vyastāni cyutāni sthānebhyaḥ &skannāni vā syuḥ, parāsurayaṃ puruṣo 'acirāt kālaṃ &mariṣyatīti vidyāt// > If, when palpated individually, his ankles, knees, groins, anus, testicles, penis, navel, shoulders, breasts, collarbones, ribs, jaws, nose, ears, eyes, brows, temples, and so forth are loosened, displaced, dislodged from their places, or fallen away, one should know: 'This man has lost his life-breath; he will die before long.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6) tathā 'asyocchvāsamanyādantapakṣmacakṣuḥkeśalomodaranakhāṅgulīrālakṣayet/ > Likewise, one should observe his expiration, carotids, teeth, eyelashes, eyes, head-hair, body-hair, abdomen, nails, and fingers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.6\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6_1) tasya ceducchvāso 'atidīrgho 'atihrasvo vā syāt, parāsuriti vidyāt/ > And if his expiration is excessively long or excessively short, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6_2) tasya cenmanye parimṛśyamāne na spandeyātāṃ, parāsuriti vidyāt/ tasya ceddantāḥ parikīrṇāḥ śvetā jātaśarkarāḥ syuḥ, parāsuriti vidyāt/ tasya cet pakṣmāṇi jaṭābaddhāni syuḥ, parāsuriti vidyāt/ tasya ceccakṣuṣī prakṛtihīne, vikṛtiyukte---atyutpiṇḍite,atipraviṣṭe,atijihme,ativiṣame, atimuktabandhane,atiprasrute,satatonmiṣite,satatanimiṣite,nimiṣonmeṣātipravṛtte,vibhrāntadṛṣṭike,viparītadṛṣṭike,hīnadṛṣṭike,vyastadṛṣṭike,&nakulāndhe,kapotāndhe,alātavarṇe,kṛṣṇapītanīlaśyāvatāmraharitahāridraśuklavaikārikāṇāṃ varṇānāmanyatamenātiplute vā syātāṃ,tadā parāsuriti vidyāt/ > If, when palpated, his two carotids do not pulsate, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. If his teeth are scattered, white, and have developed tartar, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. If his eyelashes are matted, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. And if his eyes are devoid of their normal state and accompanied by abnormality—excessively bulging, excessively sunken, excessively crooked, excessively asymmetrical, excessively detached from their bonds, excessively watering, constantly open, constantly closed, excessively blinking, having wandering gaze, having distorted gaze, having impaired vision, having disjointed vision, mongoose-blind, pigeon-blind, the color of a firebrand, or inundated with any one of the abnormal colors such as black, yellow, blue, dark grey, copper, green, turmeric-colored, or white—then one should know him to have lost his life-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.6\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6_3) athāsya keśalomānyāyacchet,tasya cet keśalomānyāyamyamānāni pralucyeran na cedvedayeyustaṃ parāsuriti vidyāt/ tasya cedudare sirāḥ prakāśerañ śyāvatāmranīlahāridraśuklā vā syuḥ, parāsuriti vidyāt/ > Then one should pull his head-hair and body-hair; if, when pulled, his head-hair and body-hair pluck out without him feeling it, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. If veins become visible on his abdomen, and are dark grey, copper, blue, turmeric-colored, or white, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.6\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6_4) tasya cennakhā vītamāṃsaśoṇitāḥ pakvajāmbavavarṇāḥ syuḥ, parāsuriti vidyāt/ > If his nails are devoid of flesh and blood and have the color of a ripe jambu fruit, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.6\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6_5) athāsyāṅgulīrāyacchet; tasya cedaṅgulaya āyamyamānā na sphuṭeyuḥ, parāsuriti vidyāt// > Then one should pull his fingers; if his fingers do not crack when pulled, one should know him to have lost his life-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.7) tatra ślokaḥ--- > Here is the summary verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.7\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.7_1) etān spṛśyān bahūn bhāvān yaḥ spṛśannavabudhyate/ āture na sa saṃmohamāyurjñānasya gacchati// > Touching these many tangible entities, he who understands them > in a patient does not succumb to confusion regarding knowledge of lifespan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.3.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.7_2) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte indriyasthāne parimarśanīyamindriyaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ//3// > Thus, in the treatise composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka, in the section on prognostic signs, the third chapter entitled "Prognostic Signs Relating to Palpation" \[is concluded\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3) · Pramāṇa