[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) › [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt) › 2.2.5 # The Compendium of Caraka 2.2.5 English (machine translation) 2.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.2.5) Because of contact \[with blood\], because of corrupting blood, and because of taking on the smell and colour of blood, pitta is called lohitapitta \[blood-bile\]. - [Previous: 2.2.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.2.4_1) - [Next: 2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.2.6) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.2) ## Commentaries (1) - [Jalpakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka!gangadhara.2.2) — Gaṅgādhara Kaviratna 1860, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.2.5) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.2.5) · Pramāṇa