[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) › 3.4.4 # The Compendium of Suśruta 3.4.4 Suśrutasaṃhitā 3.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.4) tasya khalvevaṁpravṛttasya †śukraśoṇitasyābhipacyamānasya\[†'śukraśoṇitasya'iti keṣuciddhastalikhitapustakeṣu nopalabhyate/\] mānasya kṣīrasyeva santānikāḥ sapta †tvaco bhavanti/ tasāṁ prathamā+avabhāsinī nāma, yā sarvavarṇānavabhāsayati pañcavidhāṁ ca chāyāṁ prakāśayati, sā vrīheraṣṭādaśabhāgapramāṇā, siddhmapadmakaṁṭakādhiṣṭhānā; dvitīyā lohitā nāma, vrīhiṣoḍaśabhāgapramāṇā, tilakalakanyacchavyaṅgādhiṣṭhānā; tṛtīyā śvetā nāma,vrīhidvādaśabhāgapramāṇā, carmadalājagallīmaśakādhiṣṭhānā; carurthī tāmrā nāma vrīheraṣṭabhāgapramāṇā, vividhakilāsakuṣṭhādhiṣṭhānā; pañcamī vedinī nāma, vrīhipañcabhāgapramāṇā, kuṣṭhavisarpādhiṣṭhānā; ṣaṣṭhī rohiṇī nāma, vrīhipramāṇā, granthyapacyarbudaślīpadagalagaṇḍādhiṣṭhānā; saptamī māṁsadharā nāma, vrīhidvayapramāṇā, bhagandaravidradhyarśo+adhiṣṭhānā/ yadetat pramāṇaṁ nirdiṣṭaṁ tanmāṁsaleṣvavakāśeṣu, na lalāṭe sūkṣmāṅgulyādiṣu; yato vakṣyatyudareṣu---vrīhimukhenāṅguṣṭhodarapramāṇamavagāḍhaṁ vidhyediti// \[†'śarīre ṣaṭ tvacaḥ;-----'(ca.śā.a.7.sū.5)/ 'ṣaṣṭhī tu prāṇadharā' iti āṣṭāṅgasaṁgrahe pāṭhaḥ/ 'tvaco nāma---sarvadehāvaraṇarūpā bhūmiḥ sparśanevdriyasya srotasāñca svedavahānāṁ, romṇāmapi saromakūpānām/ tāḥ sthūladaṣṭyā staradvayavibhaktāḥ---bahistvagbhāgo+antarastvagbhāgaśceti/ tatra bahistvaṅnāmātīva tanvī kṛṣṇagaurādivarṇādhārā vahnisparśena ploṣapiḍakāvyañjanā ca/ antastvaḍnāma sthūlā śarīrābhirakṣaṇī snehādikarṣaṇī ca/ saiva pradhānāyatanaṁ sparśabhūmeḥ svedasrutāñca mārgāṇām'(pratyakṣaśārīra pra. bhā.pṛ+ 5-6)/\] - [Previous: 3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.3) - [Next: 3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.5) - [Up: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.4.4) · Pramāṇa