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title: Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya (Vāgbhaṭa)
description: 'Vāgbhaṭa synthesis of the Charaka and Suśruta traditions in polished verse, the standard teaching text, source of the tridoṣa summary, the daily and seasonal regimens, and the formation of āma.'
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# Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya (Vāgbhaṭa)

The Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya of Vāgbhaṭa (around the 7th century CE) condenses the two great compendia into the most widely taught verse text of the tradition. This bundle cites it for the opening statement of the three doṣas (Sūtrasthāna 1.6-7), the daily regimen (Sūtrasthāna 2), the seasonal regimen (Sūtrasthāna 3), and the formation of āma from impaired agni (Sūtrasthāna 13.25). Its aphoristic verse forms are the shape in which most practitioners memorize the system.
