[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) › 5.8.20 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.8.20 Carakasaṃhitā 5.8.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.20) muhurhasan muhuḥ kṣveḍan śayyāṃ pādena hanti yaḥ/ &uccaiśchidrāṇi vimṛśannāturo na sa jīvati// > Laughing repeatedly, hissing repeatedly, striking the bed with his foot, > and probing his upper bodily orifices: that sick man does not live. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.19) - [Next: 5.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.21) - [Up: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.8.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.2219) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.8.20) · Pramāṇa