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# The Compendium of Caraka 6.9.9

Carakasaṃhitā 6.9.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.9)

rūkṣālpaśītānnavirekadhātukṣayopavāsairanilo 'ativṛddhaḥ/  
&cintādijuṣṭaṃ hṛdayaṃ pradūṣya buddhiṃ smṛtiṃ cāpyupahanti śīghram//

> By dry, scanty, and cold food, purgations, depletion of tissues, and fasting, the excessively aggravated wind, / corrupting the heart burdened with anxiety and other feelings, quickly ruins intellect and memory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Basavarājīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.basavarajiya.p2292) — Nīlakaṇṭhakoṭṭūru Basavarāja 1500, Sanskrit

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