Charak Samhita

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तेषां त्रयाणामपि दोषाणां शरीरे स्थानविभाग उपदेक्ष्यते; तद्यथा- बस्तिः पुरीषाधानं कटिः सक्थिनी पादावस्थीनिपक्वाशयश्च वातस्थानानि, तत्रापि पक्वाशयो विशेषेण वातस्थानं; स्वेदो रसो लसीका रुधिरमामाशयश्च पित्तस्थानानि,तत्राप्यामाशयो विशेषेण पित्तस्थानम्; उरः शिरो ग्रीवा पर्वाण्यामाशयो मेदश्च श्लेष्मस्थानानि, तत्राप्युरो विशेषेणश्लेष्मस्थानम् ||८||

sanskrit

[Sites of three dosha] The important sites of origin of these three dosha are as follows: Urinary bladder, rectum, waist, thighs, legs, bones and colon are the sites of vata, with colon the most important of them. Sweat, rasa, lasika, rakta and lower part of stomach and duodenum are the sites of pitta, with duodenum, the most important of them. Chest, head, neck, joints, upper part of stomach and meda (fats) are the sites of shleshma or kapha, with chest the most important of them.

english translation

teSAM trayANAmapi doSANAM zarIre sthAnavibhAga upadekSyate; tadyathA- bastiH purISAdhAnaM kaTiH sakthinI pAdAvasthInipakvAzayazca vAtasthAnAni, tatrApi pakvAzayo vizeSeNa vAtasthAnaM; svedo raso lasIkA rudhiramAmAzayazca pittasthAnAni,tatrApyAmAzayo vizeSeNa pittasthAnam; uraH ziro grIvA parvANyAmAzayo medazca zleSmasthAnAni, tatrApyuro vizeSeNazleSmasthAnam ||8||

hk transliteration