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Study question (generated from the text)
Constitution is formed by the dosha that predominates when the soul enters the mixed semen and blood in the womb, and it is balanced if all three are equal. The vāta type is described as thin and rough, with dry sparse hair and cracked feet, restless and wakeful; the pitta type as quick-tempered, sharp-witted, sweating and warm-bodied, ageing and balding early; the kapha type as stout, steady, patient and fond of sweets, with a deep voice.
Detailed answer
Verse 17 and its commentary say the dominant dosha at the moment the soul enters the mixed semen and blood decides the constitution: a pitta-dominant mass gives a pitta constitution, and so on, with equal doshas giving a balanced one. Verses 18-20 describe the vāta type as disliking cold, wakeful and talkative, unsteady and friendless, thin and rough with cracked feet and visible vessels, dreaming of mountain peaks and the sky. Verses 21-24 describe the pitta type as angry, intelligent, eloquent and skilled, with red lips and palate and a warm, loose body, ageing early, balding, always hungry and dreaming of gold, fire and red flowers. Verses 25-27 describe the kapha type as intelligent, stout and cheerful, grateful, prosperous, with a voice like a drum or lion, tolerant of pleasure and pain, slow to learn but accomplished, dreaming of lotus pools and rivers.
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- Chapters
- Chapter 3
- Extraction tasks
- T02
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