[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 Suśruta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta) › 3.4.12 # The Compendium of Suśruta 3.4.12 Suśrutasaṃhitā 3.4.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.12) tṛtīyā medodharā nāma; medo hi sarvabhūtānāmudarasthamaṇvasthiṣu ca, mahatsu ca majjā †bhavati// \[†'tadeva ca śirasi kapālapraticchannaṁ mastiṣkākhyaṁ mastuluṅgākhyaṁ ca' ityaṣṭāṅgasaṁgrahe+adhikaḥ pāṭhaḥ/ 'medo nāma---sāndrasarpistulyaḥ snehadhātuḥ śarīrasya/ tasya sthānamudarāntaḥ, tvacāmadhaśca/ vasā tu māṁsāntarānupraviṣṭaḥ snehastasyā medasyanupraveśastulyopādānatvāt/ majjā nāma asthimadhyagataḥ snehaḥ/ sa dvividhaḥ pīto raktaśca/ tatra pīto nalakāsthnāmantaḥ, raktastnitarāsthiṣu, prāntabhāheṣu ca nalakāsthnām/ so+ayaṁ sthūlasvarūpeṇa medaso+abhinno+apikarmavaiśeṣyātpṛthageva dhātuḥ,'(pratyakṣāśārīra pra. bhā.pṛ.10/\] - [Previous: 3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.11) - [Next: 3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.13) - [Up: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.12) · Pramāṇa