[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) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 1.27 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.27 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.27) pittaṃ sasnehatīkṣṇoṣṇaṃ laghu visraṃ saraṃ dravam | snigdhaḥ śīto gururmandaḥ ślakṣṇo mṛtsnaḥ sthiraḥ || śūdrāyāstu mantravarjitam | yādṛśaṃ ca putramāśāsīta tadrūpavarṇacaritān janapadānanucintayeti strī vācyā | tajjanapadāhāravihāropacāraparicchadāṃścānuvidaghīta || jyeṣṭhāyāṃ pañcame mṛtyurūrdhvaṃ vā dvādaśāt sukham || tasyāgnirdīpyate tābhiḥ samidbhiriva pāvakaḥ || ghṛtasamāni ca piṣṭvā tumbībījāni | tadardhāṃśāni ca pratyekaṃ jīmūtamahājālinīvatsakakṛtavedhanāni | kvāthatulyamāvapet trikaṭukam | punaradhiśritya lehaṃ sādhayettamavalihya pramathyāmanupibet || bhavati cātra || > Pitta is slightly unctuous, sharp, hot, light, foul-smelling, spreading, and liquid. > \[Kapha is\] unctuous, cold, heavy, sluggish, smooth, slimy, and stable. > For a Śūdra woman, however, it is done without mantras. > And of whatever kind of son she may desire, the woman should be told: 'Meditate on the regions whose people have that form, complexion, and conduct.' > And she should adopt the diet, conduct, regimen, and attire of those regions. > In Jyeṣṭhā, death occurs on the fifth \[day\], or after the twelfth there is recovery. > His digestive fire is kindled by them, like fire by fuel. > And having ground tumbī seeds equal \[in weight\] to the ghee, > and each of half that quantity of jīmūta, mahājālinī, vatsaka, and kṛtavedhana, > one should add trikaṭu equal to the decoction. > Putting it on the fire again, one should prepare an electuary; having licked it, one should drink a pramathyā potion as an after-drink. > And on this it is said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.26) - [Next: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.28) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.27) · Pramāṇa