Ashtangasamgraha 19.1

19.1

Now we shall explain the chapter on the knowledge of the doṣas and so forth.
Thus spoke the great sages, Ātreya and others:
For the body has the doṣas, bodily tissues, and waste products as its root.
Therefore, we shall teach their characteristics.
Vāyu supports it by expiration, inspiration, enthusiasm, bodily movements, sharpness of the senses, initiation of urges, and the like.
Pitta [supports it] by digestion, body heat, desire, hunger, thirst, luster, clarity, vision, intellect, valor, softness, and the like.
Śleṣman [supports it] by firmness, unctuousness, stability of joints, virility, forbearance, wisdom, fortitude, strength, absence of greed, and the like.
Thus spoke the great sages, Ātreya and others.
Thus spoke the great sages, Ātreya and others.