āhāra-vidhi-vidhāna: what the term means and how it is translated

Charaka SamhitaVimanasthana 1 (Rasa Vimana):24 (numbering as printed on carakasamhitaonline.com) · checked against the source

तत्रेदमाहारविधिविधानमरोगाणामातुराणां चापि केषाञ्चित् काले प्रकृत्यैव हिततमं भुञ्जानानां भवति- उष्णं, स्निग्धं, मात्रावत्, जीर्णे वीर्याविरुद्धम्, इष्टे देशे, इष्टसर्वोपकरणं, नातिद्रुतं, नातिविलम्बितम्, अजल्पन्, अहसन्, तन्मना भुञ्जीत, आत्मानमभिसमीक्ष्य सम्यक्||२४||

The locus classicus and the only place the compound āhāravidhividhāna occurs in the passages retrieved: eat warm, unctuous, in proper quantity, after the previous meal is digested, non-antagonistic in potency, in a pleasant place with all accessories, not too fast, not too slow, not talking, not laughing, with attention, after considering oneself.

Charaka SamhitaVimanasthana 1:25 (1) (carakasamhitaonline numbering; sub-item 1 of 25) · checked against the source

तस्य साद्गुण्यमुपदेक्ष्यामः- उष्णमश्नीयात्; उष्णं हि भुज्यमानं स्वदते, भुक्तं चाग्निमौदर्यमुदीरयति, क्षिप्रं जरां गच्छति, वातमनुलोमयति, श्लेष्माणं च परिह्राससयति; तस्मादुष्णमश्नीयात् (१) |२५|

The first of the explanatory items: eat warm food because it tastes good, kindles digestive fire, digests quickly, moves vata downward and reduces kapha.

Charaka SamhitaVimanasthana 1:21 (carakasamhitaonline numbering) - for disambiguation · checked against the source

तत्र खल्विमान्यष्टावाहारविधिविशेषायतनानि भवन्ति; तद्यथा- प्रकृतिकरणसंयोगराशिदेशकालोपयोगसंस्थोपयोक्त्रष्टमानि (भवन्ति)||२१||

The eight āhāra-vidhi-viśeṣāyatana (prakṛti, karaṇa, saṁyoga, rāśi, deśa, kāla, upayogasaṁsthā, upayoktā) - a DIFFERENT concept, three verses earlier, with which the vidhāna is routinely confused.

Charaka SamhitaVimanasthana Lesson I (Kaviratna):Kaviratna's printed aphorism 25 (printed after the passage); standard 24 per carakasamhitaonline - recorded separately, not converted · checked against the source

The following provisions relating to the ordinances of food are beneficial for the hale as also for those that are diseased. As regards some persons these become most beneficial at certain seasons in consequence of the very nature of those persons. Food that is warm, oily, and according to the proper measure, should be taken. It should also be taken after that previously taken has been properly digested. It should also consist of such ingredients as would not form a compound of hostile potencies. One should take one's food in a place that is agreeable, (i. e., not repulsive). The food one takes should, again, consist of dishes every one of which is agreeable One should not eat with haste ; or taking up a long time ; or talking, or laughing the while. While eating, one should eat with attention concentrated thereon. Lastly, one should eat after a proper survey of oneself.

Kaviratna's English of the vidhāna; here his number runs one AHEAD of the standard (his 25 = std 24), the opposite direction from Su.7.

Sushruta SamhitaSutrasthana XLVI (Annapana-vidhi; Bhishagratna's chapter number):Sanskrit verse number not established (Bhishagratna prints none) · checked against the source

A man, who is well-read in the Science of medicine (Ayurveda), should sit during his meal in an easy posture on a high seat and partake, at the right time, with his body erect and his whole mind engaged in the act of eating light, wholesome emollient and warm viands, which are congenial to his temperament and abound in fluid preparations, with an adequate quantity of boiled rice, neither too hurriedly nor too slowly, even when feeling the pinch of a keen and piercing hunger. Food eaten with a good appetite tastes pleasant and relishing. The food which is congenial to one's temperament begets no discomfort after the eating. Light food is soon digested. Emollient food gives tone and vigour to the system. Warm food improves the appetite. Food eaten neither too slowly nor too hurriedly is uniformly digested.

Sushruta's parallel rules of eating (warm, unctuous, light, timely, erect posture, attentive, neither hurried nor slow) with his own reasons for each.