[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) › 15.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 15.3 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 15.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.3) bhavati cātra | jīvantīkākolyau dve mede mudgamāṣaparṇyau ca | ṛṣabhakajīvakamadhukaṃ ceti gaṇo jīvanīyākhyaḥ || sraṣṭā dhātā vibhurviṣṇuḥ saṃhartā mṛtyurantakaḥ || ābhyāmeva ca vargābhyāṃ virecanadravyaiśca pānāy sarpiḥ prakalpayet | āsthāpanamanuvāsanaṃ ca | madhuśigrum ca pānabhojanalepaneṣu | śilāhvayaṃ vā kalpavidhānenopayuñjīta | gugguluṃ vā yathādoṣaṃ ca sarvaśo gulmavadupakramet || bhūtaṃ tu yatnādāsannaṃ dūre sūkṣmañca nekṣate || > And on this it is said: > > Jīvantī, the two kākolīs, the two medās, mudgaparṇī and māṣaparṇī, > ṛṣabhaka, jīvaka, and madhuka: this group is known as jīvanīya. > He is the creator, the sustainer, the omnipresent Viṣṇu, the destroyer, death, the end-maker. > And with these two groups and purgative substances, one should prepare clarified butter for drinking, > as well as non-unctuous and unctuous enemas; > and honey-śigru in drinks, food, and external pastes; > or one should use śilājatu according to the prescribed rules, > or guggulu; and according to the doṣa, one should manage it in all respects like a gulma. > An actual object near at hand he sees with difficulty, and he does not see a subtle object at a distance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.2) - [Next: 15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.4) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Madanādinighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina.madanadinighantu.p151) — Candranandana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.3) · Pramāṇa