[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) › 9.61 # Ashtangasamgraha 9.61 English (machine translation) 9.61 - **Language:** English ### [9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.61) Semen is indeed the supreme luster of the body, the essence even of the essence of food; / by one of self-control it should be preserved, for from it arise a radiant body and noble lineage. The excessive objects of sense are the five arrows of the flower-bowed god \[Kāma\]. If it occurs in insanity, one should then administer the remedy prescribed for afflictions by spirits. - [Previous: 9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.60) - [Next: 9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.62) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.61) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.61) · Pramāṇa