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# Ashtangahridayasamhita 353

Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 353

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [353](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.353)

guruḥ sa-lavaṇaḥ kāṇa-kapotaḥ sarva-doṣa-kṛt |  
caṭakāḥ śleṣmalāḥ snigdhā vāta-ghnāḥ śukralāḥ param || 60 ||

> The blind-dove is heavy, salty, and aggravates all humours. / House-sparrows increase phlegm, are unctuous, destroy wind, and strongly promote semen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [353.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.353.v)

6.60dv vāta-ghnāḥ śukralāḥ bhṛśam

> destroying wind and greatly increasing semen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.353) — English, machine translation

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