[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) › [Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita) › 3.3.2.55 # Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 3.3.2.55 Hārītasaṃhitā 3.3.2.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.55) vīryādhikaṃ bhavati bheṣajamannahīnaṃ hanyāttadāmayamasaṃśayamāśu caiva tadbālavṛddhayuvatī mṛdubhiśca pītaṃ glāniṃ parāṃ nayati cāśu balakṣayañca > it is better to drink the venom of a serpent, or boiled copper, / or to eat iron balls heated red-hot by intense fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.54) - [Next: 3.3.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.56) - [Up: 3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.3.3.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (8) - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta.6.64.67) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit - [Bhāvaprakāśa (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.bhavaprakasa*alt.2.6.247) — Sanskrit - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.1.57) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Siddhayoga (Vṛndamādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhayoga.1.85) — Vṛnda, Sanskrit - [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.3.87) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.brhadyogatarangini.85.61) — Trimalla, Sanskrit - [Yogataraṅgiṇī (Trimalla)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.yogatarangini-trimalla-bhatta.83.61) — Trimalla, Sanskrit - [Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī (ed. Rājeśvaradatta Śāstrī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.gauda.bhaisajyaratnavali*sastri1978.5.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.55) · Pramāṇa