[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) › 2.2 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.2 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.2) gurubhakto 'bhiyukto 'tiyukto dhīsmṛtipāṭavaiḥ | ṛjvāsyanāsānayanastanusnigdhanakhacchaviḥ || tvakṣu tilvakaḥ | kṣīreṣu snuhī | phaleṣu harītakī pradhānāni | trivṛtāyāḥ khalu dvividhaṃ mūlamaruṇaṃ śyāvaṃ ca | tatrāruṇaṃ kaṣāyamadhuraṃ vipāke kaṭukaṃ rūkṣaṃ śleṣmapittaharaṃ kalpanāṃviśeṣāt punaḥ sarvavyādhipraśamanam | sukhavirecanatvāt śiśusthavirasukumāramṛdukoṣṭheṣu praśastaṃ trivṛcchabdavācyaṃ ca || annādasya hitamannam | ubhayavṛtterubhayam || > Devoted to his teacher, diligent, highly endowed with the sharp faculties of intellect and memory, / having a straight mouth, nose, and eyes, and a thin, glossy luster of nails; > > among barks, tilvaka; > among milks, snuhī; > among fruits, harītakī are foremost. > > Trivṛt indeed has a two-fold root: reddish and blackish. > There, the reddish one is astringent-sweet, pungent in post-digestive effect, dry, alleviates śleṣman and pitta, and, due to distinct processing, further pacifies all diseases. > Because it purges gently, it is recommended for children, the elderly, delicate persons, and those of soft bowels; and it is denoted by the word 'trivṛt'. > > For an eater of food, food is wholesome; > for one accustomed to both, both. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.2) · Pramāṇa