Charak Samhita

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भौमाप्याग्नेयवायव्याः पञ्चोष्माणः सनाभसाः| पञ्चाहारगुणान्स्वान्स्वान्पार्थिवादीन्पचन्ति हि||१३||

sanskrit

There are five types of agni namely, bhauma, apya, agneya, vayavya and nabhasa. These five bhutagni are one of each mahabhuta transform/metabolize those components of the food that are homologous to them in their composition of structure of human organism. (such as parthiva, apya etc)

english translation

bhaumApyAgneyavAyavyAH paJcoSmANaH sanAbhasAH| paJcAhAraguNAnsvAnsvAnpArthivAdInpacanti hi||13||

hk transliteration