[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) › 1.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.3 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.3) āyuḥ kāmayamānena dharmārthasukhasādhanam | āyurvedopadeśeṣu vidheyaḥ paramādaraḥ || tadā hi tau prāptavīryau vīryānvitamapatyaṃ janayataḥ | ūnapañcaviṃśativarṣeṇonaṣoḍaśavarṣāyāmāhito garbhaḥ kukṣistha eva vināśamāpnuyādalpāyurbalārogyavibhavo vā syādvikalendriyo vā | ṛtāvādye ca rātritraye tathā duṣṭe śukrārtava iti || balādhiṣṭhānamārogyamārogyārthaḥ kriyākramaḥ || karṇamūle cāśmanoḥ saṅghaṭṭanam || > By one who desires long life, the means to achieve virtue, wealth, and pleasure, > supreme respect should be paid to the teachings of Āyurveda. > > For then the two, having reached full virility, produce an offspring endowed with virility. > > A fetus conceived by a man under twenty-five in a woman under sixteen may perish right in the womb, or have a short life, weak strength, health, and resources, or have impaired senses. > > Likewise during the first three nights of the menstrual period, and when semen or menstrual fluid is vitiated. > > Health is the foundation of strength; the course of treatment is for the purpose of health. > > And the striking together of two stones at the base of the ear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.4) - [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.1.3) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.1.3) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.74.6) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.74.6) — Basava, Sanskrit - [Āyurvedīya Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.samhitasara.ayurvediyahitopadesa.2.21) — Raṇajitrāya Desāī, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.3) · Pramāṇa