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Condition
Ageing (jara)
जरा (बुढ़ापा) · जरा
People of pitta constitution are said to be afflicted by old age early.
Principle
Prakriti (body constitution)
प्रकृति (शरीर प्रकृति) · प्रकृति
The introduction says prakṛti means keeping the body in its original state. The bīja dhātu is formed by the union of śukra (the male seed) and ārtava (the female seed), and the body is…
Question
How does chapter 3 explain the origin of constitution (prakṛti), and what are some marks of the vāta, pitta and kapha types?
तृतीय परिच्छेद में प्रकृति की उत्पत्ति कैसे बताई गई है, और वात, पित्त व कफ प्रकृति के कुछ लक्षण क्या हैं?
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…
Topic
Marks of a person of pitta constitution
पित्त प्रकृति के मनुष्य के लक्षण · पित्त प्रकृति के मनुष्य का लक्षण
A person of pitta constitution is described as quick to anger, sharp-witted, bold, sweating, with yellowish veins, likeable, with coppery-red lips and palate; intelligent, brave,…
Principle
Processing of mercury (rasa samskara)
पारद संस्कार · रससंस्कार
The processing of mercury is described as threefold, murcchana (swooning), marana (killing, making bhasma) and bandhana (binding), each with a different result.
Topic
The separate results of the three processes
तीनों संस्कारों के अलग-अलग फल · त्रिविध संस्कार के भिन्न-भिन्न फल
Swooned (murcchita) mercury is said to destroy many bad diseases, killed (mrita, bhasma) mercury to bring wealth, grain and enjoyment, and mercury bound by the stated method (baddha),…
Question
What are the three processes of mercury named at the start of chapter 24, and what result does the text give for each?
अध्याय 24 के आरंभ में पारे के कौन से तीन संस्कार बताए गए हैं और ग्रंथ प्रत्येक का क्या फल बताता है?
Murcchana (swooning), marana (killing, making bhasma) and bandhana (binding): swooned mercury destroys many bad diseases, killed mercury brings wealth, grain and enjoyment, and bound…