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The Compendium of Kāśyapa 1.27.3

Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra) 1.27.3

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1.27.3

pañca rogā āgantuvātapittakaphatridoṣajā iti dāruvāho rājarṣiḥ
ṣaḍrogāḥ ṣaḍrasatvādannapānasyetyṛṣiṣatḥ sapta rogā vātādyekaikadvitridoṣajā iti hiraṇyākṣaḥ aṣṭau rogā vātādyekaikadvitridoṣāgantunimittā iti vaideho nimiḥ aparisaṅkhyeyāḥ samahīnādhikadoṣabhedāditi vṛddhajīvakaḥ evamanavasthānamupalabhyāha bhagavān kaśyapo dvāveva khalu rogau nijaścāgantuśca tāvanekavistarāviti

“There are five diseases: exogenous, and born of vāta, pitta, kapha, and all three humours combined,” so says the royal sage Dāruvāha. “There are six diseases, owing to the six tastes of food and drink,” so says Ṛṣiṣat. “There are seven diseases, born of vāta and the others taken singly, in pairs, and all three combined,” so says Hiraṇyākṣa. “There are eight diseases, having as causes vāta and the others taken singly, in pairs, all three combined, and exogenous causes,” so says Nimi, king of Videha. “They are innumerable, due to variations of the humours being equal, decreased, or increased,” so says Vṛddhajīvaka. Having perceived this lack of finality, the venerable Kaśyapa said: “There are indeed only two diseases: endogenous and exogenous; and both have manifold varieties.”

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