| Childhood is determined upto the age of sixteen years when [[dhatu]] are immature, sexual characters are not manifested the body is delicate, unenduring with incomplete strength and predominance of [[kapha]] [[dhatu]]. | | Childhood is determined upto the age of sixteen years when [[dhatu]] are immature, sexual characters are not manifested the body is delicate, unenduring with incomplete strength and predominance of [[kapha]] [[dhatu]]. |
| The middle age is characterized by strength, energy, virility, valor, acquisition, retention, recollection, speech, understanding and qualities of all [[dhatu]] having developed properly; with proper physical and mental strength, without degeneration in qualities of [[dhatu]], with predominance of [[pitta]] [[dhatu]] and is up to sixty years. | | The middle age is characterized by strength, energy, virility, valor, acquisition, retention, recollection, speech, understanding and qualities of all [[dhatu]] having developed properly; with proper physical and mental strength, without degeneration in qualities of [[dhatu]], with predominance of [[pitta]] [[dhatu]] and is up to sixty years. |