[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) › [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt) › 5.3.6\_3 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.3.6\_3 English (machine translation) 5.3.6\_3 - **Language:** English ### [5.3.6\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.6_3) 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. - [Previous: 5.3.6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.6_2) - [Next: 5.3.6\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.6_4) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.6_3) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.6_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.6_3) · Pramāṇa