[INDOLOGY] help with a phrase

[Shrikant Bahulkar]

A literal translation would be "one who possesses balanced doṣas, digestive
fire and dhātus."

On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 at 15:20, Shrikant Bahulkar <shrikant.bahulkar at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The compound *samadoṣāgnidhātubhṛt *refers to the Āyurvedic concepts,
> namely, doṣa ( = tridoṣa - kapha, pitta, vāta); agni (= jāṭharāgni,
> digestive fire) and the seven dhātus (rasa, rakta, māṃsa, medas, asthi,
> majjā and śukra / ārtava). The compound means "one whose doṣas, digestive
> fire and dhātus are balanced." Perhaps Dominik or Dagmar Wujastyk can throw
> more light on these concepts.
>
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 at 14:52, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Nagaraj,
>>
>> I was hoping that the specialists in Ayurveda might be able to respond.
>> I thought of that, too, but as my knowledge in that area is very limited
>> - almost nothing in fact - I am unable to say more.
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> Matthew T. Kapstein
>> Professor emeritus
>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris
>>
>> Associate
>> The University of Chicago Divinity School
>>
>> Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
>>
>> https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein
>>
>> https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/
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>>
>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1
>>
>>
>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1
>>
>> https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949
>>
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>> On Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 11:16 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <
>> nagarajpaturi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does the dosha of Ayurveda, as Vaata, Pitta and Kapha fit the bill ?
>>
>> Is there a related context for that before and after ?
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> Has anyone ever seen this compound:
>>> *samadoṣ**a *or possible *śamadoṣa*
>>> meaning something like: the faults (or humours) being equalized, or
>>> allayed ?
>>>
>>> It is part of a longer compound referring to a practice of internal yoga:
>>> *samadoṣāgnidhātubhṛt*
>>> which should mean something like "maintaining the fire element in
>>> equipoise"
>>>
>>> The Tibetan is: *mnyam nyid dbyings nas me bzung*, "having grasped the
>>> fire from the space/element of equipoise"
>>>
>>> It's the use of *doṣ**a* here that I find problematic, though that's
>>> what all three of the mss. I am consulting clearly read.
>>>
>>> (The text is the Yuddhajayatantra-svarodaya.)
>>>
>>> thanks in advance for your suggestions,
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> Matthew T. Kapstein
>>> Professor emeritus
>>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris
>>>
>>> Associate
>>> The University of Chicago Divinity School
>>>
>>> Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
>>>
>>> https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein
>>>
>>> https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1
>>>
>>> https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Nagaraj Paturi
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