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# The Compendium of Caraka 5.9.10

Carakasaṃhitā 5.9.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.9.10)

virecanahṛtānāho yastṛṣṇānugato naraḥ/  
viriktaḥ punarādhmāti yathā pretastathaiva saḥ//

> A man whose abdominal distension was removed by purgation, who is attended by thirst,  
> and who becomes distended again after being purged, is just like a corpse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.9.10) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bheḷasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.5.10.12) — Bheḷa, Sanskrit

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