Charak Samhita

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सारतश्चेतिसाराण्यष्टौपुरुषाणांबलमानविशेषज्ञानार्थमुपदिश्यन्ते; तद्यथा- त्वग्रक्तमांसमेदोऽस्थिमज्जशुक्रसत्त्वानीति ||१०२||

sanskrit

[Assessment of sara (best qualities of body tissues)] Moreover a patient should be examined in respect of sara i.e. (best qualities of body tissues). There are eight types of sara in human beings which are described here for the knowledge of degree of strength such as –tvak, rakta, mamsa, meda, asthi, majja, shukra and sattva.

english translation

sAratazcetisArANyaSTaupuruSANAMbalamAnavizeSajJAnArthamupadizyante; tadyathA- tvagraktamAMsamedo'sthimajjazukrasattvAnIti ||102||

hk transliteration by Sanscript