Charak Samhita

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अग्रे तु तावद्द्रव्यभेदमभिप्रेत्य किञ्चिदभिधास्यामः। सर्वं द्रव्यं पाञ्चभौतिकमस्मिन्नर्थे; तच्चेतनावदचेतनं च, तस्य गुणाः शब्दादयो गुर्वादयश्च द्रवान्ताः, कर्म पञ्चविधमुक्तं वमनादि ॥१०॥

॥ Panchamahabhuta: The Five Elements, their properties and actions॥ “First of all, I will tell something about the drugs. In this context, a drug constitutes of five bhutas: prithvi, apa, tejas, vayu and akasha. It is (of two types) sentient and insentient. Its properties are shabda etc. and those from guru to drava, and its action are said to be five-fold-vamana etc”.

english translation

agre tu tAvaddravyabhedamabhipretya kiJcidabhidhAsyAmaH। sarvaM dravyaM pAJcabhautikamasminnarthe; taccetanAvadacetanaM ca, tasya guNAH zabdAdayo gurvAdayazca dravAntAH, karma paJcavidhamuktaM vamanAdi ॥10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript