[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) › 8 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 8 English (machine translation) 8 - **Language:** English ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.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 - [Previous: 7.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.7.v) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.9) ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.29.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.8) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.8) · Pramāṇa