Charak Samhita

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मृदुतीक्ष्णगुरुलघुस्निग्धरूक्षोष्णशीतलम्| वीर्यमष्टविधं केचित्, केचिद्द्विविधमास्थिताः ||६४||

sanskrit

Some hold that there is eight-fold veerya: mridu (soft), tikshna (sharp), guru (heavy), laghu (light), snigdha (unctuous), ruksha (rough), ushna (hot) and sheeta (cold) while some opine that there are only two veeryas : sheeta (cold) and ushna (hot).

english translation

mRdutIkSNagurulaghusnigdharUkSoSNazItalam| vIryamaSTavidhaM kecit, keciddvividhamAsthitAH ||64||

hk transliteration