[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangahridayasamhita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › 17 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 17 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.17) uṣṇa-śīta-guṇotkarṣāt tatra vīryaṃ dvi-dhā smṛtam | tri-dhā vipāko dravyasya svādv-amla-kaṭukātmakaḥ || 17 || > Potency is traditionally known as twofold there, from the pre-eminence of hot and cold qualities. > The post-digestive taste of a substance is threefold, consisting of sweet, sour, and pungent. || 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.16) - [Next: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.17) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.65.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.36) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.17) · Pramāṇa