[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) › 5.4.4 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.4.4 English (machine translation) 5.4.4 - **Language:** English ### [5.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.4) One should examine \[the senses of\] sight and so forth properly through inference; for direct cognition \[is held to be through the senses, but\] the senses themselves transcend the senses. - [Previous: 5.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.3) - [Next: 5.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.5) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.4) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.4) · Pramāṇa