Sushruta Samhita

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तत्र मण्डलाग्रकरपत्रे स्यातां छेदने लेखने च, वृद्धिपत्रनखशस्त्रमुद्रिकोत्पलपत्रकार्धधाराणि छेदने भेदने च, सूचीकुशपत्राटी(टा)मुखशरारिमुखान्तर्मुखत्रिकूर्चकानि विस्रावणे, कुठारिकाव्रीहिमुखारावेतसपत्रकाणि व्यधने सूची च, बडिशं दन्तशङ्कुश्चाहरणे, एषण्येषणे आनुलोम्ये च, सूच्यः सीवने; इत्यष्टविधे कर्मण्युपयोगः शस्त्राणां व्याख्यातः ||४||

sanskrit

Among them, the scalpel, the leaf-shaped instrument, and the knife are used for cutting and scraping. The growth-promoting instrument, the nail-shaped instrument, the weapon-shaped instrument, the ring-shaped instrument, the lotus-leaf-shaped instrument, and the half-moon-shaped instrument are used for cutting and piercing. The needle, the kuśa-leaf-shaped instrument, the mouth-shaped instrument, the arrow-shaped instrument, the mouth-shaped instrument, and the three-pronged instrument are used for bleeding. The axe-shaped instrument, the rice-grain-shaped instrument, the reed-shaped instrument, and the needle are used for puncturing. The hook and the tooth-shaped instrument are used for extracting. The probe is used for probing, for following the course [of a wound or channel], and for sewing. Thus, the use of instruments in eight types of procedures has been explained.

english translation

tatra maNDalAgrakarapatre syAtAM chedane lekhane ca, vRddhipatranakhazastramudrikotpalapatrakArdhadhArANi chedane bhedane ca, sUcIkuzapatrATI(TA)mukhazarArimukhAntarmukhatrikUrcakAni visrAvaNe, kuThArikAvrIhimukhArAvetasapatrakANi vyadhane sUcI ca, baDizaM dantazaGkuzcAharaNe, eSaNyeSaNe Anulomye ca, sUcyaH sIvane; ityaSTavidhe karmaNyupayogaH zastrANAM vyAkhyAtaH ||4||

hk transliteration