nāḍīyantrāṇi - anēkaprakārāṇi, anēkaprayōjanāni, ēkatōmukhānyubhayatōmukhāni ca; tāni srōtōgataśalyōddharaṇārthaṁ, rōgadarśanārtham, ācūṣaṇārthaṁ, kriyāsaukaryārthaṁ cēti; tāni srōtōdvārapariṇāhāni, yathāyōgadīrghāṇi ca | tatra bhagandarārśōvraṇabastyuttarabastimūtravr̥ddhidakōdaradhūmaniruddhaprakaśasanniruddhagudayantrāṇyalābūśr̥ṅgayantrāṇi cōpariṣṭādvakṣyāmaḥ ||13||
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नाडीयन्त्राणि - अनेकप्रकाराणि, अनेकप्रयोजनानि, एकतोमुखान्युभयतोमुखानि च; तानि स्रोतोगतशल्योद्धरणार्थं, रोगदर्शनार्थम्, आचूषणार्थं, क्रियासौकर्यार्थं चेति; तानि स्रोतोद्वारपरिणाहानि, यथायोगदीर्घाणि च | तत्र भगन्दरार्शोव्रणबस्त्युत्तरबस्तिमूत्रवृद्धिदकोदरधूमनिरुद्धप्रकशसन्निरुद्धगुदयन्त्राण्यलाबूशृङ्गयन्त्राणि चोपरिष्टाद्वक्ष्यामः ||१३||
Meaning of the śloka
Nadi instruments have many forms and purposes, with an opening at one end or at both ends. Their stated uses are extracting foreign bodies from channels, viewing disease, suction and making procedures easier. Their girth corresponds to the channel opening, and their length suits the particular use. Instruments for bhagandara, arshas, wounds, basti, uttarabasti, mutravriddhi, dakodara, dhuma, niruddhaprakasha and sanniruddhaguda, together with alabu and shringa instruments, will be described later.
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nāḍīyantrāṇyapītyādi| nāḍī(lī)yantrāṇīti nāḍī(lī)vanmadhyacchidrāṇi| ēkatōmukhāni raktāharaṇārthānyalābūbhagandarārśōyantrādīni; ubhayatōmukhāni bastyuttarabastidhūmayantrādīni| tāni srōtōgataśalyōddharaṇārthamiti tāni nāḍīyantrāṇi srōtōgataśalyōddharaṇaprayōjanāni; tathāhi- ‘lākṣāśalyē kaṇṭhāsaktē kaṇṭhē nāḍīṁ dattvā taptayā lōhaśalākayā''karṣayēt’- (sū. a. 27) ityādikam| rōgadarśanārthamiti rōgā ābhyantarārśaḥprabhr̥tayaḥ| ācūṣaṇārthamiti asthigatavāyōrduṣṭaraktastanyayōrākarṣa(cūṣa)ṇārtham| kriyāsaukaryārthamiti ābhyantarārśaḥprabhr̥tiṣu śastrakṣārāgnyādikriyāyāḥ sukaratvāya sukhakaraṇāyētyarthaḥ| tāni srōtōdvārapariṇāhānīti vartulatvēna srōtōdvāratulyāni| nanu, ‘viṁśatirnāḍyaḥ’ iti pūrvamēvōktaṁ, iha tu bhagandarārśōvraṇētyādinā nāḍīyantrāṇyalābuśr̥ṅgāntāni dvādaśa, tat kathaṁ viṁśatiḥ pūryatē? ucyatē , bhagandarayantrē dvē ēkamēkacchidram, aparaṁ dvicchidram; arśōyantrē api dvē ēkacchidradvicchidrabhēdēna; vraṇayantramēkaṁ vraṇacchidrāyāmapariṇāhaṁ; bastinētraṁ caturvidhaṁ vayōbhēdēna, anyē trividhamāhuḥ; uttarabastinētraṁ dvividhaṁ puṁsāṁ strīṇāṁ ca, ēkē trividhamāhuḥ; mūtravr̥ddhidakōdarayōrdvē-mūtravr̥ddhisrāvaṇārthamēkaṁ, dakōdarasrāvaṇārthaṁ caikaṁ; dhūmanētrāṇi trīṇi ēkaṁ vairēcanikam, aparaṁ snaihikam, anyacca prāyōgikaṁ; niruddhaprakaśayantramēkaṁ; sanniruddhagudayantramēkam; alābuyantramēkaṁ, śr̥ṅgayantramēkam; ēvaṁ viṁśatirnāḍīyantrāṇi||13||
Meaning of the commentary
Nadi instruments are hollow in the middle like a tube. Examples classed as one-ended include alabu used for drawing blood and instruments for bhagandara and arshas; two-ended examples include basti, uttarabasti and dhuma instruments. For extraction from a channel, the commentator cites the text's example of a lac foreign body lodged in the throat, in which a tube is placed in the throat and a heated iron probe is used to draw it out. Viewing disease includes viewing internal arshas. Suction includes drawing out vayu lodged in bone, vitiated blood and breast milk. Facilitating procedures refers to making shastra, kshara and agni procedures easier in internal arshas and similar conditions. The instruments' rounded girth is to correspond to the channel opening. To reconcile the twelve named categories with the previously stated twenty instruments, the commentator enumerates two for bhagandara, with one and two apertures; two for arshas on the same distinction; one wound instrument matched to the opening's length and girth; four basti nozzles according to age, though others count three; two uttarabasti nozzles for males and females, though some count three; one each for draining mutravriddhi and dakodara; three dhuma nozzles, for vairechanika, snaihika and prayogika uses; and one each for niruddhaprakasha, sanniruddhaguda, alabu and shringa. This is the supplied explanation of the total of twenty.
Key terms
- nADIyantrANi (nāḍīyantrāṇi)
- Tubular instruments hollow in the middle, serving the different purposes enumerated here.
- AcUShaNa (ācūṣaṇa)
- Drawing out by suction.
- kriyAsaukarya (kriyāsaukarya)
- Making the specified procedure easier to perform.
- srotodvAra (srotodvāra)
- A channel opening to which the instrument's girth is matched.