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 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.*