[INDOLOGY] help with a phrase

[Matthew Kapstein]

I thank all of you who quickly referred me to
Suśrutasaṃhitā 1.15.44. I am fairly certain that your
suggestion that this is what my text alludes to is correct - it perfectly fits
the context,

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On Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 11:57 AM, Shrikant Bahulkar <shrikant.bahulkar at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
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>>>
>>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1
>>>
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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:
>>>>> samadoṣa 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 doṣahere 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
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>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1
>>>>>
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