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All the organisms are composed of five [[mahabhuta]], and the food of a living being, necessarily partakes the qualities of its human components. The food, which consists of five [[mahabhuta]] is digested by the five bhutagni. Each principle proceeds to augment its homolog in the human organism. [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 46/526]<ref name= Susruta> Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref> | All the organisms are composed of five [[mahabhuta]], and the food of a living being, necessarily partakes the qualities of its human components. The food, which consists of five [[mahabhuta]] is digested by the five bhutagni. Each principle proceeds to augment its homolog in the human organism. [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 46/526]<ref name= Susruta> Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref> | ||
These events occur after the ingested food has been suitably dealt with in jatharagnipaka, reducing the basic foodstuff into their elemental forms.[Chakrapani on Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/13] | These events occur after the ingested food has been suitably dealt with in digestive fire (jatharagnipaka), reducing the basic foodstuff into their elemental forms.[Chakrapani on Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/13] | ||
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