[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) › 3.8.8 # The Compendium of Suśruta 3.8.8 Suśrutasaṃhitā 3.8.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.8.8) tatra vyadhyasiraṁ puruṣaṁ pratyādityamukhamaratnimātrocchrite upaveśyāsane †sakthnorākuñcitayorniveśya\[†'sakthnorākuñcitayorupari kurparasandhidvayaṁ niveśya' iti pā+\] kūrparau sandhidvayasyopari hastāvantargūḍhāṅguṣṭhakṛtamuṣṭīmanyayoḥ sthāpayitvā yantraṇaśāṭakaṁ grīvāmuṣṭyorupari parikṣipyānyena puruṣeṇa paścātsthitena vāmahastenottānena śāṭakāntadvayaṁ grāhayitvā tato vaidyo brūyāt---dakṣiṇahastena sirotthāpanārthaṁ ca †yantraṁ\[†'yantraṁ pīḍayoti'+apṛṣṭhamadhye ca pīḍayet' iti pā+\] pṛṣṭhamadhye pīḍayeti, karmapuruṣaṁ ca vāyupūrṇamukhaṁ †sthāpayet; eṣauttamāṅgagatānāmantarmukhavarjānāṁ sirāṇāṁ nyadhane yantraṇavidhiḥ/ tatra pādamīṣatsaṁkucitamuccaiḥ kṛtvā vyadhyasirapādaṁ jānusandheradhaḥ śāṭakenāveṣṭya †hastābhyāṁ\[†'hastābhyāṁ vā prapīḍya gulphaṁ' iti pā+\] prapīḍyāgulphaṁ vyadhyapradeśasyopari caturaṅgule plotādīnāmanyatamena baddhvā vā pādasirāṁ vidhyet/ athopariṣṭāddhastau gūḍhāṅguṣṭhakṛtamuṣṭī samyagāsane sthāpayitvā sukhopaviṣṭasya pūrvavadyantraṁ baddhvā hastasirāṁ vidhyet/ gṛdhrasīviśvācyoḥ saṅkucitajānukūrparasya/ śroṇīpṛṣṭhaskandheṣūnnāmitapṛṣṭhasyāvākśiraskasyopaviṣṭasya visphūrjitapṛṣṭhasya vidhyet/ udarorasoḥ prasāritoraskasyonnāmitaśiraskasya visphūrjitadehasya/ bāhubhyāmavalambamānadehasya pārśvayoḥ/ avanāmitameḍhrasya meḍhre/ unnamitavidaṣṭajihvāgrasyādhojihvāyām/ ativyātānanasya tāluni dantamūleṣu ca/ evaṁ †yantropāyānanyāṁśca sirotthāpanahetūn buddhyā+avekṣya śarīravaśena vyādhivaśena ca vidadhyāt// - [Previous: 3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.8.7) - [Next: 3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.8.9) - [Up: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.8) ## Commentaries (1) - [Nibandhasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta!dalhana.82.8) — Ḍalhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.3.8.8) · Pramāṇa