[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) › 20.1 # Ashtangasamgraha 20.1 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 20.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.20.1) athāto doṣabhedīyaṃ nāmādhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | iti ha smāhurātreyādayo maharṣayaḥ | vāyvākāśadhātubhyāṃ vāyuḥ | āgneyaṃ pittam | ambhaḥpṛthivībhyāṃ śleṣmā | tatra pakvāśayaḥ kaṭiḥ sakthinī pādāvasthi śrotraṃ sparśanaṃ ca vātasthānāni | atra ca pakvāśayo viśeṣeṇa | nābhirāmāśayaḥ svedo lasīkā rudhiraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca pittasthānāni | atra nābhirviśeṣeṇa | uraḥ kaṇṭhaḥ śiraḥ kloma parvāṇyāmāśayo raso medo ghrāṇaṃ rasanaṃ ca śleṣmasthānāni | atrāpyuro viśeṣeṇa | itthamadhomadhyordhvasanniveśinā doṣatrayeṇa śarīramagāramiva sthūṇātritayena sthirīkṛtam | ataśca doṣā dehasya sthirīkaraṇāt sthūṇā ityucyante | dhāraṇāddhātavaḥ | malinīkaraṇādāhāramalatvācca malāḥ | dūṣaṇasvabhāvāddoṣā iti || iti ha smāhurātreyādayo maharṣayaḥ || iti ha smāhurātreyādayo maharṣayaḥ || > Now we shall explain the chapter named 'The Classification of the Doṣas'. > Thus said Ātreya and the other great seers: > Vāyu is from the wind and space elements; > pitta is fiery; > śleṣman is from water and earth. > There, the colon, pelvis, thighs, feet, bones, ears, and the organ of touch are the seats of vāta; > and among these, especially the colon. > The navel, stomach, sweat, lymph, blood, eyes, and the organ of touch are the seats of pitta; > among these, especially the navel. > The chest, throat, head, trachea, joints, stomach, fluid tissue, fat, nose, and tongue are the seats of śleṣman; > here too, especially the chest. > In this manner, by the triad of doṣas residing in the lower, middle, and upper \[regions\], the body is made stable like a house by three pillars. > And for this reason, because of making the body stable, the doṣas are called pillars; > because of sustaining \[the body\], they are \[called\] bodily tissues; > because of causing pollution and being the waste product of food, they are waste products; > and because of their nature to vitiate, they are doṣas. > Thus said Ātreya and the other great seers. > Thus said Ātreya and the other great seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.19.38_1) - [Next: 20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.20.2) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.20.1) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.27.2) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.20.1) · Pramāṇa