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# Ashtangahridayasamhita 87

Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 87

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.87)

nāsikāṃ na vikuṣṇīyān nā-kasmād vilikhed bhuvam |  
nāṅgaiś ceṣṭeta vi-guṇaṃ nāsītotkaṭakaś ciram || 36 ||

> One should not pick one's nose, nor scratch the earth without reason;  
> one should not make perverse movements with one's limbs, nor sit squatting for long. || 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [87.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.87.v)

2.36bv nā-kasmād vilikhen mahīm 2.36dv nāsītotkaṭaka-sthitaḥ

> 2.36bv one should not scratch the earth without reason / 2.36dv nor remain seated squatting  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.87) — English, machine translation

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