Ashtangasamgraha 45

English (machine translation) 45

Language: English

45.1

Now we shall explain the chapter named 'Treatment of Individual Spiders'; / thus said Ātreya and the other great seers.

45.2

From the bite of a Kapilā spider, there is a copper-colored, firm pimple at the site of the bite, / lymph in the hair follicles, burning of the eyes, and heaviness in the head.

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Here one should employ for drinks, nasal drops, collyria, pastes, and sprinklings: / turmeric, padmaka, kuṣṭha, cardamom, karañja, and bark of arjuna;

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śālaparṇī, arkaparṇī, apāmārga, brāhmī, citraka, and nākulī; / or else kuṣṭha, sappanwood, nakha, joṅgaka, and saffron.

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From an Agnimukhī spider, a blister with severe pain arises like a fire-burn; / [the patient] sweats profusely from the heat of the poison, resembling a fire's flame;

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he has thirst, burning, tremors, fainting, and excessive purge of bile and blood. / In that condition, one should apply [remedies] as before with haste, after giving a cautious prognosis:

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Kuṣṭha, lāmajjaka, uśīra, madhūka, licorice, honey, / cooling-potency substances as available, tālīsa, and sārivā.

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From a Pītā spider, there is yellow stool and urine, exudation at the bite, and yellowed vision in the eyes; / [the patient] has fainting, vomiting, headache, fever, anorexia, and colic.

In that condition, kaṭabha, uśīra, muñja, vañjula, padmaka, / bamboo, kāśa, arjuna, kuśa, and the barks of śirīṣa and kiṇihī are desired; / or else wild saffron, kuṣṭha, filament [of lotus], and aloe.

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From a Padmā spider, a blister like a lotus appears; broken or unbroken, it recurs; / it quickly suppurates, oozes hot discharge, and causes severe pain to the touch.

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In that case, the stalks of lotus and blue water-lily, hima, vetasa, vañjula, / lotus fibers, along with white water-lily, with honey, ghee, and sugar [are beneficial].

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From a Mūtraviṣā spider, the bite is foul-smelling, spreading, and has black blood; / it is accompanied by dyspnea, cough, fever, vomiting, fainting, burning, and dizziness.

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Realgar, orpiment, licorice, madhūka, blue water-lily, sandalwood, / kuṣṭha, lāmajjaka, uśīra, and padmaka are the medicine there.

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From a Śvetā spider, there is a white pimple at the bite, intensely itching, / causing burning, fainting, fever, pain, spreading erysipelas, and exudation.

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In that condition, śītarāsnā, cardamom, hareṇu, nala, vañjula, / kuṣṭha, jaṭāmāṃsī, nata, uśīra, priyaṅgu, dhyāmaka, and padmaka are desired.

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From a Kṛṣṇā spider, the bite is black, smelling of feces, with exudation and swelling; / vitiated black blood is produced; and the medicine there is: / mahāsugandhā, sarpākṣī, tagara, cardamom, and gandhanākulī.

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From a Pāṇḍurā spider, the bite is swollen, with swelling and heaviness of the face, / fever, vertigo, yawning, and headache; the medicine there is: / root of vāruṇapuṣpā, rocanā, and cow dung juice.

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From a Raktapadā spider, the bite has pale pimples, is swollen, / and oozes blood; there nalada, uśīra, hrībera, sandalwood, and honey [are used].

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From a Bhṛṅgā spider, the bite resembles a black bee, and the pimple causes burning and pain; / the body is covered with wheals; there, the recommended treatment is: / pith of aṅkola, priyaṅgu, cow's bile, and misī.

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From a Piṅgā spider, the bite resembles a fire burn, a blister with profuse discharge, / accompanied by severe swelling, fever, pain, chest distress, burning, and thirst.

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The antidote there is: sugar, gundrā, jasmine, licorice, blue water-lily, / jīvaka, shoots of milky-sapped trees, the two sandalwoods, and nāgakesara.

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From a Trimaṇḍalā spider, the bite is thick and discharges black blood; / there is anorexia, burning of the eyes, and cloudy, weeping vision;

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and the patient's body is covered with various circular patches. / There, root of arka, the two turmerics, surālā, pṛśniparṇī, / wood apple, nākulī, brāhmī, and jyotiṣmatī are a beneficial antidote.

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From a Pūtigandhā spider, the bite has spreading erysipelas, exudation, and burning; / it resembles an alajī abscess, is painful, and is covered with congested pimples.

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Bhārṅgī, kaṇṭakārī, neem, pāṭalī, sinduvāra, / dūrvā grass, the two turmerics, and vāsā destroy the poison of Pūtigandhā.

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From a Vīrā spider, the bite has variegated circular patches, covered with a network of pimples, / accompanied by headache, fever with chills, and aversion to food.

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The two turmerics, nalada, kuṣṭha, cardamom, inflorescence of holy basil, / and tagara ground with dog's bile destroy the poison of Vīrā.

45.28

From a Kumudā spider, the bite has burning, blisters, throbbing, and pricking pain; / it discharges slimy fluid, accompanied by dyspnea and throat constriction; / after giving a cautious prognosis, one should perform the generally prescribed course of treatment.

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From an Alaviṣā spider's bite, there are pimples with yellow and red borders / resembling mustard seeds, dryness of the palate, pain, fever,

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vomiting, burning, and shaking of the head; there one should use uśīra with honey, / with ferrous sulfate, hrībera, pippalī, and aerial shoots of the banyan tree.

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From a Raktā spider, the bite has a red border, pale pimples, and fever; / white diarrhea, dyspnea, burning, and exudation with blood; / bark and root from śelu, arjuna, āmrāta, and sinduvāra are recommended.

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From a Citrā spider, a red pimple at the bite is extensive, firm, / spreading with pain in the joints, heat in the head, fever, and swelling;

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when broken, it turns black, with yellow discharge, forming a large wound; / in that case, kuṣṭha, nalada, śirīṣa, nala, and reṇukā are desired.

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And from a Santānikā spider, there is colic at the bite, agitation, tears, / menorrhagia, and convulsions; there [one uses] filaments [of lotus], bark of milky-sapped trees, / and roots of mango, sinduvāra, and aśmantaka.

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From a Vāruṇī spider, a dark-blue pimple resembles a lac drop in the center of the bite, / with fever and swelling; there [one uses] rocanā and the two turmerics.

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The bite of a kasanā spider has stripes, headache, dyspnea, and cough; / it exudes cold, slimy blood; there, the remedy indicated for blood [vitiation should be used].

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The bite of a kākāṇḍī is pale-red, extremely painful, and causes loss of memory; / [it brings on] hiccup, dyspnea, thirst, fainting, somnolence, convulsions, and heart disorders.

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The bite of an eṇapadā, being red within, has the appearance of a black sesame seed; / it is accompanied by burning, stupor, erysipelas [resembling] fire, thirst, vomiting, dyspnea, and cough.

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The bite from a lājavarṇā is foul-smelling, dusky-grey, severely painful, and accompanied by bleeding; / it arises with fever with chills, and has burning, fainting, and diarrhea.

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The bite of a vaidehī resembles a burn from fire and is intensely painful; / it is deep-seated, accompanied by fever, severe stupor, and pain in the chest.

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The bite of a jālinī is covered with upward stripes, and has severe swelling and pain; / it bursts open with violent thirst, dizziness, dyspnea, stiffness, and stupor.

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The bite of a mālāguṇā is red, smells of smoke, and has intense pain; / it bursts on the flanks, covered with various agitated circular patches.

45.43

Internal burning, external coldness, abdominal distension, dysuria, / fainting, delirium, diarrhea, and fever: these bring about the end of life.

45.44

The bite of a sauvarṇikā is swollen, discharges [fluid], and smells like fish; / [it causes] pain in the head and eyes, fever, cough, thirst, swelling, vomiting, and dizziness.

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Even for the incurable ones, having given a grave prognosis, one should quickly apply beneficial [treatment] / according to the particular aggravation of the doṣas, avoiding incision, cauterisation, and the like.

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Among them, kapilā bites on the nose; agni bites on the collarbone; / pītā, however, on the cheeks; padmā on the right shoulder, and then on the armpits.

45.47

The lūtā with toxic urine [bites] on the chin; śvetā on the chin; kālikā in the eye; / pāṇḍurā on the right shoulder; raktapadikā on the hands;

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bhṛṅgā would bite on the left flank; piṅgalā would bite on the left shoulder; / trimaṇḍalā on the abdomen; pūti on the back; but vīrā on the right

45.49

arm; kumudikā on the navel; the one named alasā on the left shoulder; / raktā on the throat; but citrā on the forehead; santānikā on the lips;

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mecakā on the head; kasanā on the hands and armpits; / kākāṇḍī and eṇī on the chest; lājavarṇā between the breasts;

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vaidehī at the arm joints; jālinī spider at the outer corner of the eye; / the one called mālāguṇā on the neck; and sauvarṇī at the base of the ears.

45.52

Thus are their fixed locations; however, spiders whose poison is exceedingly virulent / also dwell in other locations, like exceedingly powerful kings.

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Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter.

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Śaśilekhā — Indu, Sanskrit

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