[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 2.8 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 2.8 Bheḷasaṃhitā 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.1) vātātpittātkaphāccaiva sannipātāttathaiva ca | apasmārā bhavantīha teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam || > From wind, from bile, from phlegm, and likewise from a combination \[of them\], / epilepsies arise here; I shall state their characteristics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.2) yassadā vātalo janturvātalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | vyāyāmaṃ sevate cāpi tasya vātaḥ prakupyati || > A person who is always of windy constitution, who resorts to wind-producing food / and also indulges in physical exercise—his wind becomes provoked. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.3) sa vṛddha ūrdhvaṃ hṛdayād gṛhītvā dhamanīrdaśa | ruddhvā cetovahaṃ mārgaṃ saṃjñāṃ bhraṃśayate tataḥ || > Increased, \[moving\] upward from the heart and seizing the ten vessels, / obstructing the channel that carries consciousness, it then causes consciousness to be lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.4) sa bhraṣṭasaṃjñaḥ patati dantānkaṭakaṭāyate | utphālayati netre cabhruvau prakṣipate tathā || > Deprived of consciousness, he falls down, chatters his teeth, / opens wide his eyes, and casts his brows about. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.5) sa cetpratyāgato brūyāt tamasaḥ parato gataḥ | pratibhāti ca me kṛṣṇā jagatī khaṇḍaśas tathā || > If, having returned to consciousness, having gone beyond the darkness, he should say: / 'And the world appears black to me, and shattered in pieces,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.6) tadordhvamevaṃ hṛdayaṃ vāyurvarcopadhāvati | ity etairlakṣaṇairvidyādapasmāraṃ tu vātajam || > then the wind rushes thus upward to the heart, obstructing the stool. / By these characteristics, one should know epilepsy born of wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.7) yassadā pittalo jantuḥ pittalaṃ bhajate ' śanam | agnyātapau sevate ca tasya pittaṃ pravardhate || > A person who is always of bilious constitution, who resorts to bile-producing food / and exposes himself to fire and sunshine—his bile increases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.8) tad vṛddhamūrdhvaṃ hṛdayād gṛhītvā dhamanīrdaśa | ruddhvā cetovahaṃ mārgaṃ saṃjñāṃ bhraṃśayate tataḥ || > Increased, \[moving\] upward from the heart and seizing the ten vessels, / obstructing the channel that carries consciousness, it then causes consciousness to be lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.9) sa bhraṣṭasaṃjñaḥ patati dantānkaṭakaṭāyate | utphālayati netre ca bhruvāvutkṣipate tathā || > Deprived of consciousness, he falls down, chatters his teeth, / opens wide his eyes, and raises his brows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.10) sa cetpratyāgato brūyāt tamasaḥ parato gataḥ | pratibhāti ca me śuklā jagatī khaṇḍaśas tathā || > If, having returned to consciousness, having gone beyond the darkness, he should say: / 'And the world appears white to me, and shattered in pieces,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.11) tadordhvamevaṃ hṛdayaṃkapho varcopadhāvati | ity etairlakṣaṇairvidyādapasmāraṃ kaphātmakam || > then phlegm rushes thus upward to the heart, obstructing the stool. / By these characteristics, one should know epilepsy of the nature of phlegm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.12) yas tv etat sarvamaśnāti yathoktaṃ doṣakopanam | sannipātādapasmāraṃ sarvaliṅgaṃ sa ṛcchati || > He, however, who consumes all this that provokes the doṣas as described, / incurs epilepsy from combination \[of doṣas\], having all the symptoms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.13) evaṃrasairihāpathyairvivṛddheṣv anilādiṣu | nā ' pasmārayateprāṇī na satvair upahanyate || > Thus, when wind and the others have increased here through unwholesome tastes, / a living being does not suffer epilepsy nor is he struck down by spirits \[otherwise\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.14) yadā yadābhivardhante doṣāḥparvasvivodadhiḥ | tadā tadāpasmarati naiṣa kliśyati santatam || > Whenever the doṣas swell like the ocean on the lunar conjunctions, / then he suffers epilepsy; he is not afflicted continuously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.15) jvarasya śoṣagulmānāṃ kāsināmatha kuṣṭhinām | pramehonmādināṃ caiva tathāpasmāriṇām api || > Of fever, consumption, and abdominal lump, of those who cough and those with skin disease, / of those with obstinate urinary disorders, of those with insanity, and likewise of those with epilepsy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8.16) ity aṣṭau vai pradiṣṭāni nidānāni śarīriṇām | vimānāni pravakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele aṣṭamo ' dhyāyaḥ || iti bhelasaṃhitāyāṃ nidānasthānaṃ samāptam || || vimānasthānam || | |prathamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athāto rasavimānaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > thus eight etiologies of embodied beings have been declared. / I shall explain the specific determinations properly in succession. Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / Thus ends the eighth chapter in Bheḷa. / Thus ends the Section on Etiology in the Compendium of Bheḷa. / Section on Specific Determination. / First chapter. / Now we shall explain the specific determination of tastes; thus said the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.2.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.2.8) · Pramāṇa