[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) › 4.4 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.4 English (machine translation) 4.4 - **Language:** English ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.4) There, a blink of an eye is a mātrā; fifteen of them are a kāṣṭhā; thirty of them are a kalā; twenty of them with a tenth part are a nāḍikā; two nāḍikās are a muhūrta; four of them minus a quarter, when day and night are equal in the division of the zodiac, are a yāma; with four of those, a day and a night \[are formed\]; fifteen days and nights are a fortnight; two fortnights are a month, which ends with the bright fortnight; with two of those, beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa, in order, there are six seasons named hemanta, śiśira, spring, summer, rainy season, and autumn; among them, the three beginning with śiśira are the northern course of the sun and the period of absorption (ādāna); the remaining are the southern course and the period of release (visarga); these two, absorption and release, constitute a year. Or simply with ghee derived from milk alone; and one should make her lick the filaments of lotus, blue water-lily, and white water-lily, mixed with honey and sugar. Vitiated, vitiating the channels that carry breath, water, and food, A prastha prepared from ghee, which removes vāta-cough and stimulates the digestive fire; And in whichever enema a paste is not prescribed, one should everywhere provide this very one in it; Anointed with aged ghee, bathed with pleasantly warm water, - [Previous: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.3) - [Next: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.5) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.4) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.4) · Pramāṇa