Astanga Hrudaya

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तत्र रूक्षो लघुः शीतः खरः सूक्ष्मश्चलोऽनिलः । पित्तं सस्नेहतीक्ष्णोष्णं लघु विस्त्रं सरं द्रवम् ॥ ११ II

sanskrit

In general vata consists the following 6 qualities where as pitta and kapha are having the 7 qualities as under: Qualities of vata: 1. Ruksha guna (dryness) 2. Laghu guna (lightness) 3. Šīta guna (coldness) 4. Khara guna (roughness) 5.Sūkṣma guna (minuteness) 6.Cala guna (mobility) Qualities of pitta: 1. Sneha (unctuousness) 2. Tikṣṇa (sharpness) 3. Uṣṇa (hot) 4. Laghu (light) 5.Visra gandha (putrefied smell) 6.Sara (mobile) 7. Drava (liquid)

english translation

hindi translation

tatra rUkSo laghuH zItaH kharaH sUkSmazcalo'nilaH | pittaM sasnehatIkSNoSNaM laghu vistraM saraM dravam || 11 II

hk transliteration