A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.75.5

v1.c24.75.5

thus, the fire is of four types: sama, viṣama, tīkṣṇa and manda (3.74ab); the characteristic features of these four types (3.74cd–76);¹⁰¹ the three types of strength (bala): sahaja, kālaja and yuktikṛta (3.77–78);¹⁰² the three types of country: jāṅgala, ānūpa and sādhāraṇa (3. 79);¹⁰³ the quantities of the bodily constituents (3.80–82);¹⁰⁴ the origin of the seven kinds of constitution (prakṛti) (3.83): dominated by vāta (3.84–89), pitta (3.90–95), kapha (3.96–103), two doṣas, or all three doṣas (3.104ab);¹⁰⁵ the typology according to the three guṇas (3.104cd);¹⁰⁶ the three main stages of the human life cycle (vayas) (3.105);¹⁰⁷ the ideal height of the human body (3.106ab); the eight censured (nindita) types of persons (3.106cd–107ab);¹⁰⁸ auspicious bodily and mental characteristics (3. 107cd–116);¹⁰⁹ the sāra typology (3.117–118);¹¹⁰ the praiseworthy features of persons with a predominance of sattva, in contrast with the characteristics of persons dominated by rajas or tamas (3.119);¹¹¹ features leading to a long span of life (3.120).