[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) › 6.15.6 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.15.6 Carakasaṃhitā 6.15.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.6) annamādānakarmā tu prāṇaḥ koṣṭhaṃ prakarṣati/ taddravairbhinnasaṃghātaṃ snehena mṛdutāṃ gatam// > Prāṇa \[vāyu\], whose action is ingestion, draws food down into the belly; / there, its mass broken up by fluids, it becomes softened by unctuousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.5) - [Next: 6.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.7) - [Up: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.15.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Dravyaguṇasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.dravyaguna.dravyagunasamgraha.15.16) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.6) · Pramāṇa