A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.75.4

v1.c24.75.4

the transparent (accha) part of kiṭṭa becomes urine, the inspissated (ghana) part becomes faeces (3.61);⁹⁵ sāra is further transformed under the influence of the fires of the seven bodily elements (3.62ab); the successive transformation of the seven bodily elements (3.62cd–63ab);⁹⁶ the seven waste products of the seven bodily elements (3.63cd–64ab);⁹⁷ the essential parts (prasāda) and the waste products are produced only by digestion (pāka) (3.64cd); the complete series of transformations of the bodily elements, from ingested food to śukra, takes one day; some adhere to a period of six days, others again to a period of one month (3.65–66); aphrodisiacs (vṛṣya), due to their specific action (prabhāva), produce semen immediately; other types of drugs often show their effect within a day and a night (3.67); vyāna makes the rasa circulate throughout the body (3.68);⁹⁸ a disorder arises at a place where the flow of rasa is obstructed; in the same manner, excitation of the doṣas occurs at a particular location (3.69–70ab);⁹⁹ the digestive fire is the most important among the bodily fires; it should be protected with great care, since all the other fires are dependent on it (3.70cd–72);¹⁰⁰ the digestive fire is steady (sama) when the samāna stays in its own seat, unsteady (viṣama) when the samāna leaves its pathway; it becomes very active (tīkṣṇa) by the association of samāna with pitta, sluggish (manda) by the association of samāna with kapha (3.73);