Charak Samhita

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तमुवाच भगवानात्रेयः- शृणु मत्तोऽग्निवेश! सर्वशरीरमाचक्षाणस्य यथा प्रश्नमेकमना यथावत् शरीरे षट् त्वचः; तद्यथा- उदकधरा त्वग्बाह्या, द्वितीया त्वसृग्धरा, तृतीया सिध्मकिलाससम्भवाधिष्ठाना, चतुर्थीदद्रूकुष्ठसम्भवाधिष्ठाना, पञ्चमी त्वलजीविद्रधिसम्भवाधिष्ठाना, षष्ठी तु यस्यां छिन्नायां ताम्यत्यन्ध इव च तमः प्रविशतियां चाप्यधिष्ठायारूंषि जायन्ते पर्वसु कृष्णरक्तानि स्थूलमूलानि दुश्चिकित्स्यतमानि च; इति षट् त्वच:; एताः षडङ्गं शरीरमवतत्य तिष्ठन्ति ||४||

sanskrit

[Six layers of skin] Lord Atreya replied, “Agnivesha! As you have asked, I am clearly describing the details of the whole body. You may want to focus on these. To start with, there are six layers of skin, i.e. 1. Udakadhara, the outermost layer, this specially holds water. 2. Second is asragdhara, which holds blood. 3. Third is seat of sidhma (fungal infection like ptyriasis versicolor) and kilas (vitiligo), a type of kushtha (skin diseases) 4. Fourth is that from which dadru (ring worm infestation) and kushtha originate. 5. Fifth is that in which alaji (dermoid cyst) and vidradhi(abscess) are formed, and 6. Sixth is that which causes severe pain when it is cut, and the person feels like he is sinking in dark. Ulcers are caused in this layer and red-and-black colored boils with hard roots are caused at the unions of the structures (connective tissues), which are very difficult to treat. These six layers of skin cover up the underlying shadanga sharira (body of six divisions).

english translation

tamuvAca bhagavAnAtreyaH- zRNu matto'gniveza! sarvazarIramAcakSANasya yathA praznamekamanA yathAvat zarIre SaT tvacaH; tadyathA- udakadharA tvagbAhyA, dvitIyA tvasRgdharA, tRtIyA sidhmakilAsasambhavAdhiSThAnA, caturthIdadrUkuSThasambhavAdhiSThAnA, paJcamI tvalajIvidradhisambhavAdhiSThAnA, SaSThI tu yasyAM chinnAyAM tAmyatyandha iva ca tamaH pravizatiyAM cApyadhiSThAyArUMSi jAyante parvasu kRSNaraktAni sthUlamUlAni duzcikitsyatamAni ca; iti SaT tvaca:; etAH SaDaGgaM zarIramavatatya tiSThanti ||4||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/caraka-samhita/sharira-sthana/7/4

तमुवाच भगवानात्रेयः- शृणु मत्तोऽग्निवेश! सर्वशरीरमाचक्षाणस्य यथा प्रश्नमेकमना यथावत् शरीरे षट् त्वचः; तद्यथा- उदकधरा त्वग्बाह्या, द्वितीया त्वसृग्धरा, तृतीया सिध्मकिलाससम्भवाधिष्ठाना, चतुर्थीदद्रूकुष्ठसम्भवाधिष्ठाना, पञ्चमी त्वलजीविद्रधिसम्भवाधिष्ठाना, षष्ठी तु यस्यां छिन्नायां ताम्यत्यन्ध इव च तमः प्रविशतियां चाप्यधिष्ठायारूंषि जायन्ते पर्वसु कृष्णरक्तानि स्थूलमूलानि दुश्चिकित्स्यतमानि च; इति षट् त्वच:; एताः षडङ्गं शरीरमवतत्य तिष्ठन्ति ||४||

sanskrit

[Six layers of skin] Lord Atreya replied, “Agnivesha! As you have asked, I am clearly describing the details of the whole body. You may want to focus on these. To start with, there are six layers of skin, i.e. 1. Udakadhara, the outermost layer, this specially holds water. 2. Second is asragdhara, which holds blood. 3. Third is seat of sidhma (fungal infection like ptyriasis versicolor) and kilas (vitiligo), a type of kushtha (skin diseases) 4. Fourth is that from which dadru (ring worm infestation) and kushtha originate. 5. Fifth is that in which alaji (dermoid cyst) and vidradhi(abscess) are formed, and 6. Sixth is that which causes severe pain when it is cut, and the person feels like he is sinking in dark. Ulcers are caused in this layer and red-and-black colored boils with hard roots are caused at the unions of the structures (connective tissues), which are very difficult to treat. These six layers of skin cover up the underlying shadanga sharira (body of six divisions).

english translation

tamuvAca bhagavAnAtreyaH- zRNu matto'gniveza! sarvazarIramAcakSANasya yathA praznamekamanA yathAvat zarIre SaT tvacaH; tadyathA- udakadharA tvagbAhyA, dvitIyA tvasRgdharA, tRtIyA sidhmakilAsasambhavAdhiSThAnA, caturthIdadrUkuSThasambhavAdhiSThAnA, paJcamI tvalajIvidradhisambhavAdhiSThAnA, SaSThI tu yasyAM chinnAyAM tAmyatyandha iva ca tamaH pravizatiyAM cApyadhiSThAyArUMSi jAyante parvasu kRSNaraktAni sthUlamUlAni duzcikitsyatamAni ca; iti SaT tvaca:; etAH SaDaGgaM zarIramavatatya tiSThanti ||4||

hk transliteration