The Compendium of Suśruta 9.3

9.3

yantrāṇā saṃkhyāmāha, — yantraśatamityādi | ekottarameva <sup 1</sup | kaṃ, anye tu śataśabde'ṅagaṭṭhamevatornā, uttagaccha pradhānānānī, etena yantrāṇāmasaṃkhyeyatāmupamegatya pradhānatvaṃ neti vyākhyānayanti | atra yat pradhānaṃ tadeva darśayati- atra yantrāvetyādi | pradhānatamamatiśayena pradhānam | avagaccha jānīhi | yadyapyagre kaṅkamukhasya pradhānatvamucyamāna, tathā'pi hastasya prādhānya na virudhyate, pradhānatamatvāttasyeti | pradhānāne hetumāhatadadhīnatvādyantrakarmaṇāmiti |—hastāntaraprātādyantrakarmaṇāmityarthe | anye tvanyathā paṭhanti, ‘ki kāraṇa ? yasmād hastādṛte yantrāṇāmapravṛttireva, tadadhīnatvādyantrakarmaṇām' iti |