CHAPTER VIII.
Now we shall discuss the Chapter which treats of instruments used in connection with a surgical operation. (Shastra'vacha'raniyamadhya'yam).
These instruments are twenty in number such as, the Mandalagram, the Karapatram, the Vriddhipatram, the Nakhashastram, the Mudrika, the Utpalapatram, the Arddhadharam, the Suchi, the Kushapatram, the Atemukham, the Shararimukham, the Antarmukham, the Trikurchakam, the Kutharika, the Vrihimukham, the Ara, the Vetasapatrakam, the Vadisha,the Dantashanku, and the Eshani.*[1]
- ↑ *The Mandalagram measures six fingers in length and is provided with a round or circular face. The Karapatram is the same as the modern saw. The term Vriddhipatram signifies a razor. A Vriddhipatram measures seven fingers in length, the handle alone measuring five fingers. The Nakhasastram is the same as the modern nail-clipper, the blade of the instrument measuring a finger in breadth. The Utpalapatram resembles a lotus leaf in shape. The Arddhadharam (lancet) measures eight fingers' breadth' in length, being one finger broad at the middle, and two fingers at the blade. The Suchi. is the same as the modern needle. The Kushapatram is so called from its resemblance to the blade of a Kusha-grass. An Atemukham resembles the bill of a bird of the Ate species. The blade of an Atemukham measures two fingers in length, the handle measuring five fingers and thus giving an entire length of seven fingers. The Shararimukham (scissors) is so-called from the resemblance of its blades to the bills of a Shariri bird and looks somewhat like a modern black-smith's clipper, the measure of its entire length being twelve fingers. The Antarmukham is semicircular in shape and is provided with a toothed edge like that of a hand-saw. The Trikurchakam (trocar) is provided with three separate blades. The intervening space between the couple of blades attached to a handle measuring five fingers in length, is equal to the width of a Vrihiseed, its entire length being eight fingers.
