A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c10.18

v1.c10.18

The two psychic (mānasa) doṣas, rajas and tamas, and the three somatic ones, taken together, produce all the innumerable diseases; their exciting factors are the same: asātmyendriyārthasaṃyoga, prajñāparādha and pariṇāma; rajas and tamas are always associated (niyata anubandha), because rajas impels tamas, which cannot move independently; the psychic and somatic doṣas sometimes associate, working together; an example is the association between lust (kāma) and fever (6.5–9).