[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 Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 2.6.12\_2 # The Compendium of Caraka 2.6.12\_2 Carakasaṃhitā 2.6.12\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.12\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.12_2) taṃ sarvarogāṇāṃ kaṣṭatamatvādrājayakṣmāṇamācakṣate bhiṣajaḥ; yasmādvā pūrvamāsīdbhagavataḥ somasyoḍurājasya tasmādrājayakṣmeti// > Physicians call it rājayakṣmā because it is the most dreadful of all diseases; or because it originally afflicted the divine Soma, king of the stars, therefore it is called rājayakṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6.12\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.12_1) - [Next: 2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.13) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.2.6.12_2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.12_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.12_2) · Pramāṇa