[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) › [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt) › 238 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 238 English (machine translation) 238 - **Language:** English ### [238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.238) It is the foremost of unctuous substances, cold, supreme for maintaining youth; endowed with a thousand potencies, through preparations ghee performs a thousand actions. ### [238.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.238.v) \[Variant reading:\] …of thousandfold potency, according to rule. ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.5.101.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.238) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.238) · Pramāṇa