Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita [sanskrit]
273,418 words | ISBN-10: 8121800226 | ISBN-13: 9788121800226
The Sanskrit edition of the Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita, including the commentaries Sarvangasundara and Ayurvedarasayana. The Astangahrdaya-samhita deals with the eight-fold divisions of Ayurveda: (l) Medicine, (2) The science of the special diseases of the supra-clavicular parts of the body (viz. eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat etc.), (3) Surgery, (4) Toxicology, (5) Psycho-therapy, (6) Pediatrics, (7) Rejuvenation and (8) Virilification. Original titles: Vāgbhaṭa Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (वाग्भट अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता), Aruṇadatta Sarvāṅgasundarā (अरुणदत्त सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरा), Hemādri Āyurvedarasāyana (हेमाद्रि आयुर्वेदरसायन).
Section 38
tathā hi bījaṃ gṛhṇāti doṣaiḥ svasthānamāsthitaiḥ||35||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
hi-yasmāt, tathā-tena prakareṇa, sā bījaṃ gṛhṇāti, doṣaiḥvātādibhiḥ svasthānāvasthitaiḥ sadbhiḥ| saṅgrahe tūktam (śā. a. 1)- "na cāsāvadhastiṣṭhet| tathā hi strīceṣṭaḥ pumān jāyate puṃceṣṭā vā strī| na ca nyubjāṃ pārśvagatāṃ vā seveta| nyubjāyā vāto balavān sa yoniṃ pīḍayati| dakṣiṇapārśvagāyāḥ śleṣmā pīḍitaścyuto'pidadhāti garbhāśayam| vāmapārśvagāyāstadvatpittaṃ vidahati raktaśukre| tasmāduttānā bījaṃ gṛhṇīyāt|" iti|