Sushruta Samhita

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शलाकायन्त्राण्यपि नानाप्रकाराणि, नानाप्रयोजनानि, यथायोगपरिणाहदीर्घाणि च; तेषां गण्डूपदसर्पफणशरपुङ्खबडिशमुखे द्वे द्वे, एषणव्यूहनचालनाहरणार्थमुपदिश्येते ; मसूरदलमात्रमुखे द्वे किञ्चिदानताग्रे स्रोतोगतशल्योद्धरणार्थं; षट् कार्पासकृतोष्णीषाणि , प्रमार्जनक्रियासु; त्रीणि दर्व्याकृतीनि खल्लमुखानि, क्षारौषधप्रणिधानार्थं ; त्रीण्यन्यानि जाम्बववदनानि, त्रीण्यङ्कुशवदनानि, षडेवाग्निकर्मस्वभिप्रेतानि; नासार्बुदहरणार्थमेकं कोलास्थिदलमात्रमुखं खल्लतीक्ष्णौष्ठं ; अञ्जनार्थमेकं कलायपरिमण्डलमुभयतो मुकुलाग्रं; मूत्रमार्गविशोधनार्थमेकं मालतीपुष्पवृन्ताग्रप्रमाणपरिमण्डलमिति ||१४||

sanskrit

There are also various types of rod-like instruments, with various purposes, and of appropriate size and length. Of those, two with the shape of the head, hood, and tail of a centipede, a snake, and a peacock feather, are taught for the purposes of probing, spreading, moving, and extracting. Two with the shape of a lentil leaf, slightly bent at the tip, are for extracting foreign matter lodged in the channels. Six made of cotton are for wiping. Three with the shape of a ladle, with a mouth like a mortar, are for applying alkaline medicines. Three others with the shape of a mongoose's face, three with the shape of a goad, and six are intended for cauterization procedures. One with a mouth the size of a kola-nut leaf, sharp at the edge like a mortar, is for removing tumors of the nose. One with the shape of a kalaya seed, with a closed tip on both sides, is for applying collyrium. One with the size and shape of the tip of a malati flower bud is for cleansing the urethra.

english translation

zalAkAyantrANyapi nAnAprakArANi, nAnAprayojanAni, yathAyogapariNAhadIrghANi ca; teSAM gaNDUpadasarpaphaNazarapuGkhabaDizamukhe dve dve, eSaNavyUhanacAlanAharaNArthamupadizyete ; masUradalamAtramukhe dve kiJcidAnatAgre srotogatazalyoddharaNArthaM; SaT kArpAsakRtoSNISANi , pramArjanakriyAsu; trINi darvyAkRtIni khallamukhAni, kSArauSadhapraNidhAnArthaM ; trINyanyAni jAmbavavadanAni, trINyaGkuzavadanAni, SaDevAgnikarmasvabhipretAni; nAsArbudaharaNArthamekaM kolAsthidalamAtramukhaM khallatIkSNauSThaM ; aJjanArthamekaM kalAyaparimaNDalamubhayato mukulAgraM; mUtramArgavizodhanArthamekaM mAlatIpuSpavRntAgrapramANaparimaNDalamiti ||14||

hk transliteration