Ashtangasamgraha 8.32
English (machine translation) 8.32
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8.32
Intently engaged in protecting the king's body and attendants:
having slender bones, teeth, nails, finger joints, and hair; / having long fingers, thighs, arms, exhalations, glances, eyes, and tongue; / having broad mouth, lower lip, tongue, forehead, ears, upper back, and chest, and little penis, neck, and hair; / having glossy skin, hair, nails, eyes, and voice; / having firm sense organs, skin, nails, hair, and flanks; / having deep navel, joints, and voice; / having hidden collarbones, spinal column, and tooth roots; / having red palate, lips, nails, and corners of the eyes, and copper-colored tongue, palms, and soles; / having black hair, brows, eyelashes, and pupils; / having extremely white sclera and teeth, noble character, and elevated chest, neck, forehead, abdomen, mouth, nails, and feet; / having lowly set ears, breasts, and nose tip, and a firm gait; / having thick shoulders, neck, teeth, fingers, and skin, and an affectionate disposition; / having thin nails, waist, and tongue; / having rounded buttocks, neck, and nails; / having even back, teeth, forehead, and glance; / likewise evenly tapering thighs; / a right-turning navel; / well-spaced breasts and brows; / tortoise-shaped nails and feet; / a straight face and nasal bridge; / prominent jaws and dignified dress; / a smooth palate and tongue; / lips and physique that are neither too corpulent nor too emaciated; / a pulsating heart, temples, and neck; / a warm palate, feet, abdomen, and breath; / ears inclined backward and hairy; / slightly drooping eyebrows; a forehead that is wrinkled, with well-joined joints and crescent-shaped; a parasol-like head; / hair not having multiple hairs from a single root and soft; veins, bones, and joints that are firm and hidden; / vāta, urine, feces, and genitals conforming to normal constitution; / laughter and weeping conforming to natural behavior; / and a body that dries in downward order after bathing and being anointed, which is desirable: and here it is said:
Those also would be disorders of the duodenum, but an even balance is the cause of health.
Bilva, rāsnā, barley, jujube, devadāru, and punarnavā.
Burnt beyond this, it is useless; raw, however, it causes weakness of digestive fire.
Mild [cooking] is for nasal therapy, coarse for massage, and smooth for drinking and enemas.
An oblation with garments and ornaments for a gandharva on the path of cattle.
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- Śaśilekhā — Indu, Sanskrit
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- Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit