Sushruta Samhita

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अथातोऽग्रोपहरणीयमध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||

sanskrit

Now, we shall explain the chapter on "Agropaharaṇīya" (Advanced Methods of Treatment).

english translation

athAto'gropaharaNIyamadhyAyaM vyAkhyAsyAmaH ||1||

hk transliteration

यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ||२||

sanskrit

Thus spoke Lord Dhanvantari.

english translation

yathovAca bhagavAn dhanvantariH ||2||

hk transliteration

त्रिविधं कर्म- पूर्वकर्म, प्रधानकर्म, पश्चात्कर्मेति; तद्व्याधिं प्रत्युपदेक्ष्यामः ||३||

sanskrit

There are three types of actions: preliminary actions, principal actions, and subsequent actions; we shall now discuss the approach to illness.

english translation

trividhaM karma- pUrvakarma, pradhAnakarma, pazcAtkarmeti; tadvyAdhiM pratyupadekSyAmaH ||3||

hk transliteration

अस्य तु शास्त्रस्य शस्त्रकर्मप्राधान्याच्छस्त्रकर्मैव तावत् पूर्वमुपदेक्ष्यामस्तत्सम्भारांश्च ||४||

sanskrit

In this context, due to the importance of surgical procedures in this science, we will first discuss the preliminary actions related to surgical procedures and their components.

english translation

asya tu zAstrasya zastrakarmaprAdhAnyAcchastrakarmaiva tAvat pUrvamupadekSyAmastatsambhArAMzca ||4||

hk transliteration

तच्च शस्त्रकर्माऽष्टविधं; तद्यथा- छेद्यं, भेद्यं, लेख्यं, वेध्यम्, एष्यम्, आहार्यं, विस्राव्यं, सीव्यमिति ||५||

sanskrit

The surgical procedures are classified into eight types, namely: छेद्यं (Chhedya) - Cutting भेद्यं (Bhedya) - Incising लेख्यं (Lekhyam) - Scraping वेध्यम् (Vedhyam) - Puncturing एष्यम् (Eṣyam) - Extracting आहार्यं (Āhāryam) - Removing विस्राव्यं (Visrāvyaṁ) - Draining सीव्यमिति (Sīvyam) - Suturing

english translation

tacca zastrakarmA'STavidhaM; tadyathA- chedyaM, bhedyaM, lekhyaM, vedhyam, eSyam, AhAryaM, visrAvyaM, sIvyamiti ||5||

hk transliteration