[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) › 5.2.3 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.2.3 Carakasaṃhitā 5.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.3) puṣpaṃ yathā pūrvarūpaṃ phalasyeha bhaviṣyataḥ/ tathā liṅgamariṣṭākhyaṃ pūrvarūpaṃ mariṣyataḥ// > Just as the flower is the precursor of the fruit that is to come in this world, / so the sign named ariṣṭa is the precursor of one who is about to die. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.2) - [Next: 5.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.4) - [Up: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.2.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.3) · Pramāṇa