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# Ashtangasamgraha 9.10

English (machine translation) 9.10

- **Language:** English

### [9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.10)

This is merely an illustrative example for those of sharp intellect; / for it is sufficient for the learned, since it applies everywhere.  
Or one who, wishing to speak, falls into confusion;  
or one whose upper chest aches severely when speaking;  
or whose exhalation is exceedingly long, exceedingly short, foul-smelling, or sweet-smelling;  
or whose fingers, when pulled, do not crack;  
or who produces another, abnormal sound in sneezing, urinating, and the like;  
or who has a pleasant or unpleasant smell—like that of garlands, fruit, sandalwood, a corpse, and so on—in his body, mouth, wastes, ulcers, clothes, and the like;  
or whose body, out of bad taste or good taste, lice, flies, and other insects excessively abandon or flock to;  
or who has coldness in parts of the body that are continually warm, or who in cold ones has excessive chill resembling a white or blue lotus, excessive sweating, excessive rigidity, and a sinking down as if devoid of flesh and blood;  
and in whose body a combination or excessive combination of the primary elements is observed all at once—  
all of them are considered ripe for death.  
And here it is said:  
And when the vāta moves downwards, that \[gravel\] falls away with the urine like sand.  
In such a span of time, a drink that has taken the wrong path is digested.  
And here it is said:

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.10) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit

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