Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita [sanskrit]
273,418 words | ISBN-10: 8121800226 | ISBN-13: 9788121800226
The Sanskrit edition of the Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita, including the commentaries Sarvangasundara and Ayurvedarasayana. The Astangahrdaya-samhita deals with the eight-fold divisions of Ayurveda: (l) Medicine, (2) The science of the special diseases of the supra-clavicular parts of the body (viz. eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat etc.), (3) Surgery, (4) Toxicology, (5) Psycho-therapy, (6) Pediatrics, (7) Rejuvenation and (8) Virilification. Original titles: Vāgbhaṭa Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (वाग्भट अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता), Aruṇadatta Sarvāṅgasundarā (अरुणदत्त सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरा), Hemādri Āyurvedarasāyana (हेमाद्रि आयुर्वेदरसायन).
Section 15
sa 0 -kṣarasādhye vyādhāvarśorbudādau chhedādau [
chhinne-dvidhākṛte, likhite-śastreṇa vighṛṣṭe, srāvite-pracchhādya nirhṛtaśoṇite, ] karmaṇi kṛte kṣāro yojyo, nākṛte chhedādau, iti kṣārasya viṣayo darśitaḥ| kṣāraṃ śalākayā dattvā mātrāśatamupekṣeta, na kāñjikādinā nirvāpaṇaṃ kāryamityarthaḥ| kimbhūtayā śalākayā? plotena-cailakhaṇḍena, prāvṛtaḥ-sthagito, dehaḥ vigraho yasyāḥ|