CHAPTER XXV.
Now we shall discourse on the Chapter which deals with the eight different forms of surgical operations (Ashtavidha-Shastra- Karmanya - madhyáyam).
Metrical Texts:—Bhagandara, Shlaishmika Granthi, Tilakálaka, Arvuda, Arsha, Charma-Kila, Jatumani, Mánsa-Samgháta, Gala-Sunthiká, Valmika, Vrana-Vartma, Shataponaka, Adhrusha, Upadansha, Mánsakandha, Adhimánsaka, as well as ailments due to the lodgment of a foreign body in the flesh or a bone, and a sloughing of ligaments, flesh or veins are the diseases in which incision Chhedyam should be made.
Bhedyam:–Excision (Bhedyam) should be resorted to in the following diseases, viz., Vidradhis, the three types of Granthi other than the Sánnipátika one, Visarpa due either to the deranged Váyu, Pittam or Kapham, Vriddhi, Vidáriká, Prameha-pidaká, swellings in general, diseases affecting the mammary organs, Avamanthaka, Kumbhiká, Anushayi, Nádi, the two types of Vrinda, Pushkarika, Alaji, Kshudra-roga (all minor cutaneous or pustular diseases), the three types of Puppata, Tálu-puppata, and Danta-puppata; Tundukeri, Giláyu, and the diseases which are caused by suppuration in the local flesh or any soft part of the
