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Principle
Balanced agni (samagni)
समाग्नि
A footnote defines balanced fire as the fire that properly digests food taken in the proper amount.
Principle
Agni (digestive fire)
अग्नि (जठराग्नि) · जठराग्नि
The introduction says the digestion of the six tastes of food just eaten stimulates the pācaka pitta; in the āmāśaya the pācaka pitta and the kledaka kapha are released and gradually mix…
Principle
Health (svasthya)
स्वास्थ्य
The publisher's note opens with the saying 'the body is indeed the first means of dharma' and says that a healthy body is necessary for religious practice, and that only through a healthy…
Principle
Practical health (vyavahara svasthya)
व्यवहार स्वास्थ्य · व्यवहारस्वास्थ्य
The editor reports the author's definition of practical (vyāvahārika) health: balance in the body's seven dhātus, agni and the doṣas vāta, pitta and the rest, clarity of the senses, joy of…