[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) › 3.2.3 # The Compendium of Caraka 3.2.3 Carakasaṃhitā 3.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.3) trividhaṃ kukṣau sthāpayedavakāśāṃśamāhārasyāhāramupayuñjānaḥ; tadyathā --- ekamavakāśāṃśaṃ mūrtānāmāhāravikārāṇām, ekaṃ dravāṇām, ekaṃ punarvātapittaśleṣmaṇām; etāvatīṃ hyāhāramātrāmupayuñjāno nāmātrāhārajaṃ kiṃcidaśubhaṃ prāpnoti// > Taking food, one should establish a threefold space in the stomach for food, namely: one space for solid food preparations, one for liquids, and one for vāta, pitta, and kapha; for taking food in such a measure, one incurs no harm arising from an improper measure of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.2) - [Next: 3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.4) - [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.3.2.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.3) · Pramāṇa