[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) › 9 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 9 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.9) koṣṭhaḥ krūro mṛdur madhyo madhyaḥ syāt taiḥ samair api | śukrārtava-sthair janmādau viṣeṇeva viṣa-krimeḥ || 9 || > The alimentary tract is hard, soft, or moderate; it is also moderate when they are balanced. > By them residing in the semen and ovum at the beginning of conception, like poison in a poison-worm, || 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.8) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.9) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.35.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.9) · Pramāṇa