[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) › [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt) › 20.1 # Ashtangasamgraha 20.1 English (machine translation) 20.1 - **Language:** English ### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.20.1) 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. - [Previous: 19.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.19.38_1) - [Next: 20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.20.2) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.20) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.27.2) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.20.1) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.20.1) · Pramāṇa