[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) › 8 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 8 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.8) vayo-'ho-rātri-bhuktānāṃ te 'nta-madhyādi-gāḥ kramāt | tair bhaved viṣamas tīkṣṇo mandaś cāgniḥ samaiḥ samaḥ || 8 || > They reside respectively in the final, middle, and initial \[stages\] of age, day, night, and digestion. > By them the digestive fire becomes irregular, sharp, or dull, and by them in equilibrium, balanced. || 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.7.v) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.8) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.29.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.23) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.74.26) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.74.26) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.8) · Pramāṇa