[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) › 8.26 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.26 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.26) prāgudīcyordiśorguptaṃ bheṣajāgāramiṣyate | uccaiḥ praśastadigdeśaṃ bahuvātāyanaṃ mahat || sahajaṃ kālakṛtaṃ yuktikṛtaṃ ca | tatra sahajaṃ dehasattvayoḥ prākṛtam | kālakṛtamṛtuvibhāgajaṃ vayaḥkṛtaṃ ca | yuktikṛtaṃ punarāhāravihārotthamūrjaskarayogajaṃ ca | tadvṛddhikarāstvime ca bhāvā bhavanti | tadyathā | balavatpuruṣe deśe janma tadvidhe ca kāle sukhaśca kālayogo bījakṣetraguṇaśarīrāhārasattvasampattayaḥ svamāvo yauvanaṃ vyāyāmo harṣaśca || cirādduḥkhaṃ dravaṃ śuṣkaḥ tanvāmaṃ śabdaphenavat || yathāsvaṃ pariśiṣṭāśca tatkṛtāśca tathāmayāḥ || tāḥ ṣaṭsarṣapaḥ | te 'ṣṭau taṇḍulaḥ | tau dhānyamāṣaḥ | tau yavaḥ | ataḥ paraṃ caturguṇavṛdhyāṇḍikāmāṣakaśāṇakarṣapalakuḍavaprasthāḍhakadroṇavahāḥ kalpyante | dharaṇaṃ tu palasya daśamo bhāgaḥ | māṣakasya paryāyo hemo dhānakaśca | śāṇadvayasya paryāyo draṅkṣaṇaḥ kolo vaṭakaśra | karṣasya suvarṇamakṣaṃ picurbiḍālapadakaṃ pāṇitalaṃ tindukaṃ kavalagrahaḥ ṣoḍaśikā ca | karṣadvayasya śuktiraṣṭamikā ca | palasya muṣṭiḥ prakuñcaścaturthikā bilvamāmraṃ ca | paladvayasya prasṛto 'ṣṭamānaṃ ca | kuḍavasyāñjaliḥ | kuḍavadvayasya mānikā | āḍhakasya pātraṃ kaṃsaśca | droṇasya nalvaṇārmaṇonmānaghaṭakumbhakalaśāḥ | droṇadvayasya śūrpaḥ | tulā punaḥ palaśataṃ tāni viṃśatirbhāra iti | bhavati cātra || bilvaiḥsabhaiḥkalkitairmūtravargeṇa siddhaṃ ghṛtam || > A pharmacy well-concealed in the east or north is desirable, > elevated, in an auspicious cardinal quarter and region, with many windows, and spacious. > > \[Strength is\] innate, temporal, and acquired. > There, innate is the natural \[strength\] of body and mind. > Temporal is that born of the division of seasons and born of age. > Acquired, however, arises from food and conduct, and is born from invigorating formulations. > These factors, moreover, are promoting of it. > Namely: > Birth in a region of strong people and at such a time; pleasant temporal circumstances; excellence of seed, field, qualities, body, diet, and mental temper; innate nature; youth; exercise; and joy. > > \[The stool is passed\] with delay, with difficulty, liquid or dry, thin, undigested, with sound and foam. > And the remaining \[symptoms\] are according to each \[doṣa\], and likewise the diseases caused by them. > Six of those \[seeds\] make a mustard seed. > Eight of those make a grain of rice. > Two of those make a dhānyamāṣa. > Two of those make a barleycorn. > Beyond this, by a fourfold increase, an aṇḍikā, māṣaka, śāṇa, karṣa, pala, kuḍava, prastha, āḍhaka, droṇa, and vaha are reckoned. > A dharaṇa, however, is a tenth part of a pala. > Synonyms for a māṣaka are hema and dhānaka. > Synonyms for two śāṇas are draṅkṣaṇa, kola, and vaṭaka. > For a karṣa: suvarṇa, akṣa, picu, biḍālapadaka, pāṇitala, tinduka, kavalagraha, and ṣoḍaśikā. > For two karṣas: śukti and aṣṭamikā. > For a pala: muṣṭi, prakuñca, caturthikā, bilva, and āmra. > For two palas: prasṛta and aṣṭamāna. > For a kuḍava: añjali. > For two kuḍavas: mānikā. > For an āḍhaka: pātra and kaṃsa. > For a droṇa: nalvaṇa, armaṇa, unmāna, ghaṭa, kumbha, and kalaśa. > For two droṇas: śūrpa. > A tulā, moreover, is one hundred palas; twenty of those are a bhāra. > And on this matter there is \[the following\]: > Ghee prepared with bilva and śabhā made into a paste, together with the group of urines. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.25) - [Next: 8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.27) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.26) · Pramāṇa