[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) › [The Compendium of Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 2.5.5 # The Compendium of Caraka 2.5.5 Carakasaṃhitā 2.5.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5.5) iha vātādiṣu triṣu prakupiteṣu tvagādīṃścaturaḥ pradūṣayatsu vāte+ dhikatare kapālakuṣṭhamabhinirvartate, pitte tvaudumbaraṃ, śleṣmaṇi maṇḍalakuṣṭhaṃ, vātapittayorṛṣyajihvaṃ, pittaśleṣmaṇoḥ puṇḍarīkaṃ, śleṣmamārutayoḥ sidhmakuṣṭhaṃ, sarvadoṣābhivṛddhau kākaṇakamabhinirvartate; evameṣa saptavidhaḥ kuṣṭhaviśeṣo bhavati/ > Here, when the three \[doshas\] beginning with vāta are provoked and corrupt the four \[tissues\] beginning with skin: if vāta is predominant, kapālakuṣṭha develops; if pitta \[is predominant\], audumbara; if phlegm \[is predominant\], maṇḍalakuṣṭha; if vāta and pitta \[predominate\], ṛṣyajihva; if pitta and phlegm \[predominate\], puṇḍarīka; if phlegm and vāta \[predominate\], sidhmakuṣṭha; and upon the increase of all doshas, kākaṇaka develops. Thus is this sevenfold distinction of kuṣṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5.4\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5.4_3) - [Next: 2.5.5\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5.5_1) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.5.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.5.5) · Pramāṇa