[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) › 3.5 # Ashtangasamgraha 3.5 English (machine translation) 3.5 - **Language:** English ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.5) Near a town, fire, an anthill, an attractive or exalted \[tree\], or a funeral-pile tree; / nor facing a woman, a revered person, a cow, the sun, the moon, wind, food, fire, or water. // Khaṇḍakāpya says: "No, out of fear of causing tawny-eyed disfigurement to the embryo." / "Let there be the disfigurement of tawny eyes; even so, one should do this. / It produces an offspring free from disease, endowed with strength, complexion, mental vigor, and compactness of body, and foremost among relatives," says the venerable Ātreya. // Fasting, nourishing, and likewise purification and pacification at first. // There, in emesis, one should cause him to vomit again. / In purgation, having oleated and sweated him, one should purge him again, / or on the third day when the doṣas are excited and abundant. / And in both purifications, having anointed him with salted oil, one should sweat him with bolus and bed sudations. // Rudra favored the fierce \[beings\] who were humble and desirous of a livelihood: - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.5) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.5) · Pramāṇa