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अग्न्यधिष्ठानमन्नस्य ग्रहणाद्ग्रहणी मता| नाभेरुपर्यह्यग्निबलेनोपष्टब्धोपबृंहिता [१८] ||५६||

[Functions of grahani] Grahani is seat of agni and it is so called since it holds/retains the food (for proper digestion and assimilation). It holds the food just above the umbilical region and it is supported and nourished by the agni. Grahani with help of agni holds the undigested food and pushes forward digested food, but when agni becomes weak and vitiated due to vidagdha ahara murchita dosha

english translation

agnyadhiSThAnamannasya grahaNAdgrahaNI matA| nAbheruparyahyagnibalenopaSTabdhopabRMhitA [18] ||56||

hk transliteration by Sanscript