A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c10.20

v1.c10.20

The bodily fire (agni) is of four types: tīkṣṇa (intense), manda (sluggish), sama (balanced), and viṣama (irregular); it is dependent on the habitual state of the doṣas in the organism; balance of the doṣas gives rise to a balanced fire, predominance of vāta, pitta or kapha to an irregular, intense or sluggish fire respectively (6.12).41