[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) › 1.28 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.28 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.28) saṃsargaḥ sannipātaśca tadvitrikṣayakopataḥ | tau ṣoḍhā daśadhā coktāvutkarṣādivikalpanāt || tādvidhaiva ca pramadā karṇitāṅgī tailamāṣottarāhārā pūrvaṃ vāmapādena puruṣasya dakṣiṇataḥ śayyāmadhirohet | tatra mantraṃ prayuñjīta | āyurasi sarvataḥ pratiṣṭhāsi dhātā tvā dadhātu vidhātā tvā dadhātu brahmavarcasā bhaveti | brahmābṛhaspatirviṣṇussomassūryastathāśvinau | bhago 'tha mitrāvaruṇau vīraṃ dadhatu me sutamiti || pūrvāṣāḍhāsu navame tato 'nyāsu tu māsataḥ || vātamūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ doṣāṇāṃ cānulomakāḥ || jāgṛyurbāndhavāstasya dadhataḥ paramāṃ mudam || > Combination of two and combination of all three arise from the decrease or vitiation of two or three of them; > they are described as sixfold and tenfold through permutations of predominance and the like. > And the woman, thus disposed, having her limbs anointed, with a diet dominated by sesame oil and black gram, should first mount the bed with her left foot, to the right of the man. > There, he should recite the mantra: > 'You are lifespan, you are foundation everywhere, may Dhātṛ establish you, may Vidhātṛ establish you, be endowed with sacred splendour! > May Brahmā, Bṛhaspati, Viṣṇu, Soma, Sūrya, and the Aśvins, > Bhaga, and Mitrāvaruṇa give me a heroic son!' > In Pūrvāṣāḍhā, \[death occurs\] on the ninth; in the others, after a month. > \[Medicines\] that promote the downward movement of vāta, urine, feces, and the doṣas. > His kinsmen should keep vigil, bearing the greatest joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.27) - [Next: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.29) - [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.1.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.28) · Pramāṇa