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pacatyagniryathA sthAlyAmodanAyAmbutaNDulam||8||

pacatyagniryathA sthAlyAmodanAyAmbutaNDulam||8||

The ingested food is carried to ''koshtha'' by ''prana vata''. The food disintegrates because of the liquids, and further it becomes soft because of the fatty substances. The samāna vāta, that has an inherent ability to intensify the agni, intensifies the digestive enzymes and properly digests the food that one consumes timely and in an appropriate quantity, thus leading to longevity. This process of digestion by agni in the gut which leads to the formation of rasa and mala is comparable to the process of cooking of the raw rice kept in an earthen vessel containing water on a fire [6-8]

The ingested food is carried to ''koshtha'' by ''prana vata''. The food disintegrates because of the liquids, and further it becomes soft because of the fatty substances. The ''samana vata'', that has an inherent ability to intensify the ''agni,'' intensifies the digestive enzymes and properly digests the food that one consumes timely and in an appropriate quantity, thus leading to longevity. This process of digestion by ''agni'' in the gut which leads to the formation of ''rasa'' and ''mala'' is comparable to the process of cooking of the raw rice kept in an earthen vessel containing water on a fire [6-8]

==== Three states of digestion and provoking ''dosha'' ====

==== Three states of digestion and provoking ''dosha'' ====