[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) › 2.6.13 # The Compendium of Caraka 2.6.13 Carakasaṃhitā 2.6.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.13) tasyemāni pūrvarūpāṇi bhavanti; tadyathā---pratiśyāyaḥ, kṣavathurabhīkṣṇaṃ, śleṣmaprasekaḥ, mukhamādhuryam, anannābhilāṣaḥ, annakāle cāyāsaḥ, doṣadarśanamadoṣeṣvalpadoṣeṣu vā bhāveṣu pātrodakānnasūpāpūpopadaṃśapariveśakeṣu, bhuktavataścāsya hṛllāsaḥ, tathollekhanamapyāhārasyāntarāntarā, mukhasya pādayośca &śophaḥ, pāṇyoścāvekṣaṇamatyartham, akṣṇoḥ śvetāvabhāsatā cātimātraṃ, bāhvośca pramāṇajijñāsā, strīkāmatā, nirghṛṇitvaṃ, bībhatsadarśanatā cāsya kāye, svapne cābhīkṣṇaṃ darśanamanudakānāmudakasthānānāṃ śūnyānāṃ ca grāmanagaranigamajanapadānāṃ śuṣkadagdhabhagnānāṃ ca vanānāṃ kṛkalāsamayūravānaraśukasarpakākolūkādibhiḥ saṃsparśanamadhirohaṇaṃ yānaṃ vā &śvoṣṭrakharavarāhaiḥ keśāsthibhasmatuṣāṅgārarāśīnāṃ cādhirohaṇamiti (&śoṣapūrvarūpāṇi bhavanti)// > Its premonitory symptoms are as follows: coryza, frequent sneezing, excessive salivation of kapha, sweetness in the mouth, lack of desire for food, fatigue at mealtime, finding fault where there is no fault or little fault in utensils, water, rice, soups, cakes, condiments, and servers; nausea in him after eating, as well as vomiting of food from time to time; swelling of the face and feet; looking excessively at one's own hands; excessive whitish appearance of the eyes; desire to measure the size of the arms; lust for women; pitilessness; repulsive appearance of his body; and in dreams, frequent seeing of waterless bodies of water, and deserted villages, cities, market towns, and regions; dried, burnt, and broken forests; being touched by, mounted by, or riding upon calotes lizards, peacocks, monkeys, parrots, snakes, crows, owls, and the like; and climbing upon mounds of dogs, camels, donkeys, boars, hair, bones, ashes, chaff, and burning coals—\[these\] are the premonitory symptoms of wasting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6.12\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.12_2) - [Next: 2.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.14) - [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.2.6.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.2.6.13) · Pramāṇa