[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Indian Medical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999) › v4.c57.421 # A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.421 A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.421 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c57.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c57.421) 264 The three disorders of the digestive fire (\*viṣama\*, \*tīkṣṇa\*, \*manda\*) are usually attributed to an excess of \*vāta\*, \*pitta\* and \*kapha\* respectively. See Ca.Vi.6.12; Su.Sū.35.24–25; A.H.Śā. 3.73–74ab. - [Previous: v4.c57.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c57.420) - [Next: v4.c57.422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c57.422) - [Up: v4.c57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c57) ## Cites (3) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.vagbhata.astangahrdaya.1973) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.6.12) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta-school.susruta.1.35.24) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c57.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c57.421) · Pramāṇa