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The Compendium of Caraka 2.5.5

Carakasaṃhitā 2.5.5

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Sanskrit

2.5.5

iha vātādiṣu triṣu prakupiteṣu tvagādīṃścaturaḥ pradūṣayatsu vāte+ dhikatare kapālakuṣṭhamabhinirvartate, pitte tvaudumbaraṃ, śleṣmaṇi maṇḍalakuṣṭhaṃ, vātapittayorṛṣyajihvaṃ, pittaśleṣmaṇoḥ puṇḍarīkaṃ, śleṣmamārutayoḥ sidhmakuṣṭhaṃ, sarvadoṣābhivṛddhau kākaṇakamabhinirvartate; evameṣa saptavidhaḥ kuṣṭhaviśeṣo bhavati/

Here, when the three [doshas] beginning with vāta are provoked and corrupt the four [tissues] beginning with skin: if vāta is predominant, kapālakuṣṭha develops; if pitta [is predominant], audumbara; if phlegm [is predominant], maṇḍalakuṣṭha; if vāta and pitta [predominate], ṛṣyajihva; if pitta and phlegm [predominate], puṇḍarīka; if phlegm and vāta [predominate], sidhmakuṣṭha; and upon the increase of all doshas, kākaṇaka develops. Thus is this sevenfold distinction of kuṣṭha.

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