Ashtangasamgraha 1.13
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.13
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1.13
taiḥ praśastāni tānyeṣāṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ bhuvi lebhire |
teṣāmekaikamavyāpi samastavyādhisādhane ||
tatra tanu rūkṣaṃ phenilamaruṇamalpaṃ vicchinnaṃ sarujaṃ cirācca niṣicyeta vātena kiñcitpītamapicchilamānīlaṃ vā dahadiva pravartate pittena |
majjopasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ prabhūtaṃ vibaddhaṃ cāmbhasi ca kiñcinmajjati śleṣmaṇā |
kuṇapagandhyanalpaṃ raktena |
granthibhūtaṃ vātaśleṣmabhyām |
pūtipūyanibhaṃ pittaśleṣmabhyām |
kṣīṇaṃ vātapittābhyām |
taduktaṃ sasādhanaṃ prāk |
mūtrapurīṣagandhi sannipātena ||
udīrya cāgniṃ srotāṃsi mṛdūkṛtya viśodhayet ||
tṛtīye 'hni caturthe vā strīṇāṃ stanyaṃ pravartate ||
Praised by them, these treatises attained established status on earth. / Each single one among them, however, is not comprehensive in the cure of all diseases.
There, [semen that is] thin, dry, frothy, reddish, scanty, interrupted, painful, and ejaculated after a long time is caused by vāta; [that which is] slightly yellow, non-slimy, slightly dark-blue, or burning, as it were, is discharged by pitta;
[that which is] associated with marrow, abundant, viscous, and sinks slightly in water is caused by śleṣman;
[that which has] the smell of a corpse and is copious is caused by blood;
[that which has] become nodular is caused by vāta and śleṣman;
[that which] resembles foul pus is caused by pitta and śleṣman;
[that which is] depleted is caused by vāta and pitta.
That has been stated along with its cure previously.
[That which has] the odor of urine and feces is caused by the combination of all three doṣas.
And having stimulated the digestive fire and softened the bodily channels, one should purify [them].
On the third or fourth day, breast milk begins to flow in women.
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (2)
- Śaśilekhā — Indu, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Indu — Indu, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English