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# Ashtangasamgraha 5.25

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 5.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.25)

tataścānekadhā prāyaḥ pavano yat prakupyati |  
  
annapānauṣadhaṃ tasya yuñjītāto 'nulomanam ||  
  
pañca buddhīndriyāṇi śrotraṃ sparśanaṃ darśanaṃ rasanaṃ ghrāṇaṃ ca |  
  
teṣāṃ sabhāgatayā kramādviṣayāḥ śabdasparśarūparasagandhāḥ |  
  
pañcabuddhīndriyādhiṣṭhānāni karṇau tvagakṣiṇī jihvā nāsike ca ||  
  
varjayet sādhayedeva sarveṣvapi tato 'nyathā ||  
  
kuryādvā vātarogaghnaṃ pittaraktavirodhi yat ||  
  
rākṣasoragagandharvapiśācaiścānusevitaḥ ||

> Since wind is mostly provoked from that in many ways, / one should therefore administer to him food, drink, and medicine that creates downward movement.  
> The five cognitive senses are hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell.  
> Their respective objects, corresponding to them in sequence, are sound, tangible quality, form, taste, and smell.  
> The sites of the five cognitive senses are the ears, the skin, the eyes, the tongue, and the nostrils.  
> One should avoid \[him\]; one should certainly treat \[him\] otherwise in all cases.  
> Or one should administer what overcomes wind disorders and is not contrary to pitta and blood.  
> Surrounded by rākṣasas, serpents, gandharvas, and piśācas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.25) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.184) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit

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