vēdōtpattiḥ śiṣyanayastathā'dhyayanadānikaḥ | prabhāṣaṇāgraharaṇāvr̥tucaryā'tha yāntrikaḥ ||4|| śastrāvacāraṇaṁ yōgyā viśikhā kṣārakalpanam | agnikarma jalaukākhyō hyadhyāyō raktavarṇanam ||5|| dōṣadhātumalādyānāṁ vijñānādhyāya ēva ca | karṇavyadhāmapakvaiṣāvālēpō vraṇyupāsanam ||6|| hitāhitō vraṇapraśnō vraṇāsrāvaśca yaḥ pr̥thak | kr̥tyākr̥tyavidhirvyādhisamuddēśīya ēva ca ||7|| viniścayaḥ śastravidhau pranaṣṭajñānikastathā | śalyōddhr̥tirvraṇajñānaṁ dūtasvapnanidarśanam ||8|| pañcēndriyaṁ tathā chāyā svabhāvādvaikr̥taṁ tathā | avāraṇō yuktasēnīya āturakramabhūmikau ||9|| miśrakākhyō dravyagaṇaḥ saṁśuddhau śamanē ca yaḥ | dravyādīnāṁ ca vijñānaṁ viśēṣō dravyagō'paraḥ ||10|| rasajñānaṁ vamanārthamadhyāyō rēcanāya ca | dravadravyavidhistadvadannapānavidhistathā ||11|| sūcanāt sūtraṇāccaiva savanāccārthasantatēḥ | ṣaṭcatvāriṁśadadhyāyaṁ sūtrasthānaṁ pracakṣatē ||12||
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वेदोत्पत्तिः शिष्यनयस्तथाऽध्ययनदानिकः | प्रभाषणाग्रहरणावृतुचर्याऽथ यान्त्रिकः ||४|| शस्त्रावचारणं योग्या विशिखा क्षारकल्पनम् | अग्निकर्म जलौकाख्यो ह्यध्यायो रक्तवर्णनम् ||५|| दोषधातुमलाद्यानां विज्ञानाध्याय एव च | कर्णव्यधामपक्वैषावालेपो व्रण्युपासनम् ||६|| हिताहितो व्रणप्रश्नो व्रणास्रावश्च यः पृथक् | कृत्याकृत्यविधिर्व्याधिसमुद्देशीय एव च ||७|| विनिश्चयः शस्त्रविधौ प्रनष्टज्ञानिकस्तथा | शल्योद्धृतिर्व्रणज्ञानं दूतस्वप्ननिदर्शनम् ||८|| पञ्चेन्द्रियं तथा छाया स्वभावाद्वैकृतं तथा | अवारणो युक्तसेनीय आतुरक्रमभूमिकौ ||९|| मिश्रकाख्यो द्रव्यगणः संशुद्धौ शमने च यः | द्रव्यादीनां च विज्ञानं विशेषो द्रव्यगोऽपरः ||१०|| रसज्ञानं वमनार्थमध्यायो रेचनाय च | द्रवद्रव्यविधिस्तद्वदन्नपानविधिस्तथा ||११|| सूचनात् सूत्रणाच्चैव सवनाच्चार्थसन्ततेः | षट्चत्वारिंशदध्यायं सूत्रस्थानं प्रचक्षते ||१२||
Meaning of the śloka
The Sutrasthana sequence covers: the origin of the teaching; student initiation; imparting study; exposition; advance preparations; seasonal conduct; instruments; use of sharp instruments; practical training; entry into practice; preparation of kshara; agnikarma; leeches; blood; the assessment of doshas, dhatus, and malas; piercing the ear; distinguishing immature and mature states; wound applications; attendance upon the wounded; what is beneficial and harmful; questions about wounds; wound discharge; what can and cannot be undertaken; classification of disease; determination of operative procedures; recognition of concealed shalya; removal of shalya; assessment of wounds; messengers and dreams; the five senses; appearance or shadow; departures from normal nature; avarana; arrangements for an army; management of a patient; division of land; the mixed topic chapter; groups of substances; cleansing and pacification; knowledge of dravya and related properties; distinctions among substances; distinctions of rasa; materials for vamana and virechana; liquid substances; and food and drink. This forty-six-chapter section is called Sutrasthana because it indicates, arranges, and brings forth the connected body of meanings.
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pratisthānōktānāmadhyāyānāṁ nāmāni nirdēṣṭumāha- vēdōtpattirityādi| śiṣyanayaḥ śiṣyōpanayanīyaḥ| adhyayanadānikaḥ adhyayanasampradānīyaḥ| prabhāṣaṇaḥ prabhāṣaṇīyaḥ| agraharaṇaḥ agrōpaharaṇīyaḥ| r̥tucaryā r̥tucaryādhyāyaḥ| yāntrikaḥ yantravidhiḥ| śastrāvacāraṇaḥ śastrāvacāraṇīyaḥ| yōgyā yōgyāsūtrīyaḥ| viśikhā viśikhānupravēśanīyaḥ| kṣārakalpanaṁ kṣārapākavidhiḥ| agnikarma agnikarmavidhiḥ| jalaukākhyaḥ jalaukōvacāraṇīyaḥ| adhyāyō raktavarṇanaṁ śōṇitavarṇanīyō'dhyāyaḥ| dōṣadhātumalādyānāṁ vijñānādhyāyaḥ dōṣadhātumalakṣayavr̥ddhivijñānīyaḥ| karṇavyadhaḥ karṇavyadhabandhavidhiḥ| āmapakvaiṣaḥ āmapakvaiṣaṇīyaḥ| ālēpaḥ vraṇālēpanabandhavidhiḥ| vraṇyupāsanaṁ vraṇitōpāsanīyaḥ| hitāhitaḥ hitāhitīyādhyāyaḥ| vraṇāsrāvaḥ vraṇāsrāvavijñānīyaḥ| viniścayaḥ śastravidhau aṣṭavidhaśastrakarmīyaḥ| pranaṣṭajñānikaḥ pranaṣṭaśalyavijñānīyaḥ| śalyōddhr̥tiḥ śalyāpanayanīyaḥ| vraṇajñānaṁ viparītāviparītavraṇavijñānīyaḥ| dūtasvapnanidarśanaṁ viparītāviparītadūtasvapnanidarśanīyaḥ| pañcēndriyaṁ pañcēndriyārthavipratipattiḥ| chāyā chāyāvipratipattiḥ| svabhāvādvaikr̥taṁ svabhāvavipratipattiḥ| avāraṇaḥ avāraṇīyādhyāyaḥ| āturakramaḥ āturōpakramaṇīyādhyāyaḥ| bhūmikō bhūmipravibhāgīyaḥ| dravyagaṇaḥ dravyasaṅgrahaṇīyaḥ| saṁśuddhau śamanē ca yaḥ saṁśōdhanasaṁśamanīyaḥ| dravyādīnāṁ ca vijñānaṁ dravyaguṇarasavīryavipākavijñānīyaḥ| viśēṣō dravyagō'paraḥ dravyaviśēṣavijñānīyaḥ| rasajñānaṁ rasaviśēṣavijñānīyaḥ| vamanārthamadhyāyaḥ vamanadravyavikalpavijñānīyaḥ| rēcanāya ca virēcanadravyavikalpavijñānīyaḥ| śēṣāstu nirdiṣṭanāmaprasiddhā iti nōktāḥ| ‘āturakramamiśrakau’ iti kēcit paṭhanti; tanna, yataḥ pūrvanibandhakārairēṣa kramō nāṅgīkr̥taḥ| sūtrasthānasya niruktiṁ kartumāha- sūcanāditi| sūcanāt lēśatō'rthaprakāśanāt| sūtraṇāt arthānāṁ yathāsthānaṁ nivēśanāt| savanāt jananāt| arthasantatēḥ arthasamūhasya| sūtrasthānamadhyāyāḥ ṣaṭcatvāriṁśaditi prāgēva saṅkhyānirdēśāt punaḥ ṣaṭcatvāriṁśadadhyāyaṁ sūtrasthānamiti saṅkhyākaraṇaṁ niyamārthaṁ; tēna dravadravyānnapānikānāmudakagōrasatailādiprakaraṇānāṁ pratyēkamadhyāyatvaṁ nirākr̥tam||4-12||
Meaning of the commentary
The commentator expands abbreviated titles into their full chapter names. Shishyanaya is Shishyopanayaniya; Adhyayanadanika is Adhyayanasampradaniya; Prabhashana is Prabhashaniya; Agraharana is Agropaharaniya; Yantrika is Yantravidhi; Yogya is Yogyasutriya; Vishikha is Vishikhanupraveshaniya; Ksharakalpana is Ksharapakavidhi; Agnikarma is Agnikarmavidhi; the leech chapter is Jalaukavacharaniya; and the blood chapter is Shonitavarnaniya. The chapter on doshas, dhatus, and malas concerns their decrease and increase. Karnavyadha includes piercing and bandha; the application chapter includes wound application and bandha; Vranyupasana is Vranitopasaniya; and the discharge chapter is Vranasravavijnaniya. Determination of operative work is Ashtavidha-shastrakarmiya. Concealed-shalya knowledge is Pranashtashalyavijnaniya, and its removal is Shalyapanayaniya. Wound assessment and the messenger-and-dream chapter distinguish favourable and contrary signs. The five-sense, chaya, and normal-nature titles refer to their vipratipatti chapters. Aturakrama is Aturopakramaniya; Bhumika is Bhumipravibhagiya; Dravyagana is Dravyasangrahaniya; and cleansing and pacification are Samshodhana-samshamaniya. The properties chapter covers dravya, guna, rasa, virya, and vipaka, followed by distinct chapters on dravya and rasa. The vamana and virechana chapters concern their alternative substances. Other titles are already familiar from their stated names. A variant combines Aturakrama and Mishraka in a different order, but the commentator rejects it because earlier authors did not accept that sequence. Sutra is explained by brief indication of meaning, arranging meanings in their proper places, and producing a connected body of meaning. Repeating the number forty-six fixes the chapter count: subsections on water, milk products, oils, and similar materials within the liquid and dietary chapters are not separate chapters.
Key terms
- sUcanAt (sūcanāt)
- Through briefly indicating meaning, one explanation of the name Sutrasthana.
- sUtraNAt (sūtraṇāt)
- Through arranging meanings in their proper places.
- arthasantateH (arthasantateḥ)
- Of the connected body or sequence of meanings.
- yogyA (yogyā)
- The practical-training topic, expanded to Yogyasutriya in the commentary.