[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) › 6.10 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.10: daśamo 'adhyāyaḥ/ Carakasaṃhitā 6.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### daśamo 'adhyāyaḥ/ ### [6.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.1) athāto 'apasmāracikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now we shall explain the treatment of epilepsy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.3) smṛterapagamaṃ prāhurapasmāraṃ bhiṣagvidaḥ/ tamaḥpradeśaṃ bībhatsaceṣṭaṃ dhīsattvasaṃplavāt// > The expert physicians call epilepsy the departure of memory, / an entering into darkness, with grotesque behavior, due to the perturbation of intellect and mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.4) vibhrāntabahudoṣāṇām&ahitāśucibhojanāt/ cintākāmabhayakrodhaśokodvegādibhistathā/ manasyabhihate nṝṇāmapasmāraḥ pravartate// > In people whose many doṣas are disturbed, from the eating of unwholesome and impure food, / and similarly when the mind is struck down by worry, passion, fear, anger, grief, agitation, and the like, / epilepsy sets in. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.6) dhamanībhiḥ śritā doṣā hṛdayaṃ pīḍayanti hi/ saṃpīḍyamāno vyathate mūḍho bhrāntena cetasā// > For the doṣas, having resorted to the dhamanīs, afflict the heart; / severely oppressed, bewildered, he suffers with a wandering mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.7) paśyatyasanti rūpāṇi patati prasphuratyapi/ jihvākṣibhrūḥ sravallālo hastau pādau ca vikṣipan// > He sees non-existent forms, falls, and twitches; / his tongue, eyes, and brows \[are distorted\], drooling saliva, and thrashing his hands and feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.8) doṣavege ca vigate suptavat pratibuddhyate/ pṛthagdoṣaiḥ samastaiśca vakṣyate sa caturvidhaḥ// > And when the paroxysm of doṣas has passed, he awakens like one asleep. / It is declared to be of four kinds: by the doṣas individually, and all together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.9) kampate pradaśehantān phenodvāmī śvasityapi/ paruṣāruṇakṛṣṇāni paśyedrūpāṇi cānilāt// > He trembles, gnashes his teeth, vomits foam, pants, / and sees rough, reddish, or black forms from vāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.10) pītaphenāṅgavaktrākṣaḥ pītāsṛgrūpadarśanaḥ/ &satṛṣṇoṣṇānalavyāptalokadarśīṃ ca paittikaḥ// > One with paittika \[epilepsy\] has yellow foam, limbs, face, and eyes, sees yellow and blood-colored forms, / has thirst and heat, and sees the world engulfed in fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.11) śuklaphenāṅgavaktrākṣaḥ śīto hṛṣṭāṅgajo guruḥ/ paśyañchuklāni rūpāṇi ślaiṣmiko mucyate cirāt// > One with ślaiṣmika \[epilepsy\] has white foam, limbs, face, and eyes, is cold, has horripilated limbs, is heavy, / sees white forms, and is released after a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.12) sarvairetaiḥ samastaistu liṅgairujñeyastridoṣajaḥ/ apasmāraḥ sa cāsādhyo yaḥ kṣīṇasyānavaśca yaḥ// > Born of all three doṣas is to be recognized by all these symptoms combined; / that epilepsy is incurable, as is that which occurs in an emaciated patient or is chronic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.13) pakṣādvā dvādaśāhādvā māsādvā kupitā malāḥ/ apasmārāya kurvanti vegaṃ kiṃcidathāntaram// > Every fortnight, or every twelve days, or every month, the provoked malas / produce a paroxysm for epilepsy, or at slightly different intervals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.14) tairāvṛtānāṃ hṛtsrotomanasāṃ saṃprabodhanam/ tīkṣṇairādau bhiṣak kuryāt karmabhirvamanādibhiḥ// > The awakening of their heart, channels, and mind that are covered by them, / the physician should first perform with sharp measures such as emesis and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.15) vātikaṃ bastibhūyiṣṭhaiḥ paittaṃ prāyo virecanaiḥ/ ślaiṣmikaṃ vamanaprāyairapasmāramupācaret// > One should treat vātika epilepsy predominantly with bastis, paitta mostly with purgatives, / and ślaiṣmika epilepsy mostly with emetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.16) sarvataḥ suviśuddhasya samyagāśvāsitasya ca/ apasmāravimokṣārthaṃ yogān saṃśamanāñchṛṇu// > For him who is well purified on all sides and properly comforted, / listen to the pacifying formulations for release from epilepsy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.17) gośakṛdrasadadhyamlakṣīramūtraiḥ samairghṛtam/ siddhaṃ pibedapasmārakāmalājvaranāśanam// iti pañcagavyaṃ ghṛtam/ dve pañcamūlyau triphalā rajanyau kuṭajatvacam/ saptaparṇamapāmārgaṃ nīlinīṃ kaṭarohiṇīm// > Ghee prepared with equal parts of cow's dung juice, sour curds, milk, and urine, / one should drink; it destroys epilepsy, jaundice, and fever. / Thus Pañcagavya Ghṛta. / The two pañcamūlas, the triphalā, the two rajanīs, the bark of kuṭaja, / saptaparṇa, apāmārga, nīlinī, kaṭarohiṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.19) śampākaṃ phalgumūlaṃ ca pauṣkaraṃ sadurālabham/ dvipalāni jaladroṇe paktvā pādāvaśeṣite// > Śampāka, phalgu root, puṣkara, along with durālabhā, / two palas each, boiled in a droṇa of water until reduced to a fourth— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.20) bhāgīṃ pāṭhāṃ trikaṭukaṃ trivṛtāṃ viculāni ca/ śreyasīmāḍhakīṃ mūrvāṃ dantīṃ bhūnimbacitrakau// > Bhārgī, pāṭhā, trikaṭu, trivṛt, and viculā, / śreyasī, āḍhakī, mūrvā, dantī, bhūnimba, and citraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.21) dve sārive rohiṣaṃ ca bhūtīkaṃ madayantikām/ kṣipetpiṣṭvā 'akṣamātrāṇi &tena prasthaṃ ghṛtāt pacet// > The two sārivās, rohiṣa, bhūtīka, and madayantikā— / grinding \[these\], one should add one akṣa of each, and with that boil one prastha of ghee > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.22) gośakṛdrasadadhyamlakṣīramūtraiśca tatsamaiḥ/ pañcagavyamiti khyātaṃ mahattadamṛtopamam// > Along with equal parts of cow's dung juice, sour curds, milk, and urine; / it is known as Mahāpañcagavya, comparable to nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.23) apasmāre &tathonmāde śvayathāvudareṣu ca/ gulmārśaḥpāṇḍurogeṣu kāmalāyāṃ halīmake// > In epilepsy, and likewise in insanity, in edema, in abdominal enlargements, / in gulma, piles, pāṇḍu disease, in jaundice, and in halīmaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.24) śasyate ghṛtametattu prayoktavyaṃ dine dine/ alakṣmīgraharogaghnaṃ cāturthakavināśanam// iti mahāpañcagavyaṃ ghṛtam/ brāhmīrasavacākuṣṭhaśaṅkhapuṣpībhireva ca/ purāṇaṃ ghṛtamunmādālakṣmyapasmārapāpanut// > This ghee is praised, and it should be administered day after day; / it destroys inauspiciousness and seizure-diseases, and destroys quartan fevers. / Thus Mahāpañcagavya Ghṛta. / Aged ghee \[cooked\] with brāhmī juice, vacā, kuṣṭha, and śaṅkhapuṣpī / removes insanity, inauspiciousness, epilepsy, and evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.26) ghṛtaṃ saindhavahiṅgubhyāṃ vārṣe baste caturguṇe/ mūtre siddhamapasmārahṛdgrahāmayanāśanam// > Ghee cooked with rock salt and asafoetida in four times as much ram's / urine destroys epilepsy and the disease of cardiac constriction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.27) vacāśampākakaiṭaryavayaḥsthāhiṅgucorakaiḥ/ siddhaṃ palaṅkaṣāyuktairvātaśleṣmātmake ghṛtam// > Ghee prepared with vacā, śampāka, kaiṭarya, vayaḥsthā, asafoetida, and coraka, / combined with palaṅkaṣā, \[is efficacious\] in that caused by vāta and kapha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.28) tailaprasthaṃ ghṛtaprasthaṃ jīvanīyaiḥ palonmitaiḥ/ kṣīradroṇe pacet siddhamapasmāravināśanam// > One prastha of oil and one prastha of ghee, boiled with one pala each of the jīvanīya \[drugs\] / in a droṇa of milk, when prepared, destroys epilepsy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.29) kaṃse kṣīrekṣurasayoḥ kāśmarye 'aṣṭaguṇe rase/ kārṣikairjīvanīyaiśca ghṛtaprasthṃ vipācayet// > In a kaṃsa each of milk and sugarcane juice, and eight times as much kāśmarya juice, / one should boil one prastha of ghee with one karṣa each of the jīvanīya \[drugs\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.30) vātapittodbhavaṃ kṣipramapasmāraṃ niyacchati/ tadvat kāśavidārīkṣukuśakkāthaśṛtaṃ ghṛtam// > It quickly checks epilepsy arising from vāta and pitta; / likewise ghee cooked with a decoction of kāśa, vidārī, sugarcane, and kuśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.31) madhukadvipale kalke droṇe cāmalakīrasāt/ tadvat siddho ghṛtaprasthaḥ pittāpasmārabheṣajam// > Similarly, one prastha of ghee prepared with a paste of two palas of madhuka / and a droṇa of āmalakī juice is a medicine for pitta-epilepsy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.32) abhyaṅgaḥ sārṣapaṃ tailaṃ bastamūtre caturguṇe/ siddhaṃ syādgośakṛnmūtraiḥ snānotsādanameva ca// > For anointing, mustard oil prepared in four times as much goat's urine / should be used, and bathing and unction with cow dung and cow urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.33) kaṭabhīnimbakaṭvaṅgamadhuśigrutvacāṃ rase/ siddhaṃ mūtrasamaṃ tailamabhyaṅgārthe praśasyate// > Oil prepared in the decoction of barks of kaṭabhī, nimba, kaṭvaṅga, and madhuśigru, / along with an equal part of \[goat's\] urine, is praised for the purpose of anointing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.34) pālaṅkaṣāvacāpathyāvṛścikālyarkasarṣapaiḥ/ jaṭilāpūtanākeśīnākulīhiṅgucorakaiḥ// > With palaṅkaṣā, vacā, pathyā, vṛścikālī, arka, and mustard, / jaṭilā, pūtanā, keśī, nākulī, asafoetida, and coraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.35) laśunātirasācitrākuṣṭhairviḍbhiśca pakṣiṇām/ māṃsāśināṃ yathālābhaṃ bastamūtre caturguṇe// > Garlic, atirasā, citrā, kuṣṭha, and the feces of carnivorous / birds, as available, \[prepared\] in four times as much ram's urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.36) siddhamabhyañjanaṃ tailamapasmāravināśanam/ etaiścaivauṣadhaiḥ kāryaṃ dhūpanaṃ sapralepanam// > The medicated oil prepared for anointing destroys epilepsy; / and with these very drugs, fumigation along with plastering should be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.37) pippalīṃ lavaṇaṃ &citrāṃ hiṅgu hiṅguśivāṭikām/ kakolīṃ sarṣapān kākanāsāṃ kaiṭaryacandane// > Pippalī, rock salt, citrā, asafoetida, hiṅguśivāṭikā, / kākolī, mustard seeds, kākanāsā, kaiṭarya, and sandalwood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.38) śunaḥskandhāsthinakharān parśukāṃ ceti peṣayet/ bastamūtreṇa puṣyarkṣe pradehaḥ syāt sadhūpanaḥ// > Shoulder bone, claws, and ribs of a dog should be ground / with goat's urine under the Puṣya constellation; this makes a poultice together with fumigation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.39) apetarākṣasīkuṣṭhapūtanākeśicorakaiḥ/ utsādanaṃ mūtrapiṣṭairmūtrairevāvasecanam// > Rubbing the body \[is performed\] with apetarākṣasī, kuṣṭha, pūtanā, keśī, and coraka, / ground with urine, and sprinkling \[should be done\] with that very urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.40) jalaukaḥśakṛtā tadvaddagdhairvā bastaromabhiḥ/ kharāsthibhirhastinakhaistathā gopucchalomabhiḥ// > Likewise with leech feces, or burnt goat hair, / donkey bones, elephant claws, and cow tail hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.41) kapilānāṃ gavāṃ &mūtraṃ nāvanaṃ paramaṃ hitam/ śvaśṛgālabiḍālānāṃ siṃhādīnāṃ ca śasyate// > Urine of tawny cows is highly beneficial as an errhine; / that of dogs, jackals, cats, lions, and the like is also recommended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.42) bhārgī vacā nāgadantī śvetā &śvetā viṣāṇikā/ jyotiṣmatī nāgadantī pādoktā mūtrapeṣitāḥ// > Bhārgī, vacā, nāgadantī; śvetā, śvetā, and viṣāṇikā; / jyotiṣmatī and nāgadantī—these, stated as quarter-parts, ground with urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.43) yogāstrayo 'ataḥ ṣaḍ bindūn pañca vā nāvayedbhiṣak/ triphalāvyoṣapītadruyavakṣāraphaṇijjhakaiḥ// > Form three formulations. From these, the physician should instill five or six drops as an errhine. / With triphalā, vyoṣa, pītadru, barley-ash, phaṇijjha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.44) śyāmāpāmārgakārañjaphalairmūtre 'atha bastaje/ sādhitaṃ nāvanaṃ tailamapasmāravināśanam// > Śyāmā, apāmārga, and fruits of karañja, in goat's urine, / medicated oil prepared as an errhine destroys epilepsy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.45) pippalī vṛścikālī ca kuṣṭhaṃ ca lavaṇāni ca/ bhārgī ca cūrṇitaṃ kāryaṃ pradhamanaṃ param// > Pippalī, vṛścikālī, kuṣṭha, the salts, / and bhārgī, powdered, should be used as an excellent insufflation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.46) kāyasthāṃ śāradānmudgānmustośīrayavāṃstathā/ savyoṣān bastamūtreṇa piṣṭvā vartīḥ prakalpayet// > Having ground kāyasthā, autumnal mudga beans, musta, uśīra, and barley, / along with vyoṣa, using goat's urine, one should prepare wicks \[for collyrium\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.47) apasmāre tathonmāde sarpadaṣṭe garārdite/ viṣapīte jalamṛte caitāḥ syuramṛtopamāḥ// > In epilepsy, likewise in insanity, snakebite, affliction by artificial poison, / ingestion of poison, and in the drowned, these act like nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.48) mustaṃ vayaḥsthāṃ triphalāṃ kāyasthāṃ hiṅgu śādvalam/ vyoṣaṃ māṣān yavānmūtrairvāstamaiṣārṣabhaistribhiḥ// > Musta, vayaḥsthā, triphalā, kāyasthā, asafoetida, śādvala, / vyoṣa, māṣa beans, and barley—with the three urines: of goat, sheep, and bull— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.49) piṣṭvā kṛtvā ca tāṃ vartimapasmāre prayojayet/ kilāse ca tathonmāde jvareṣu viṣameṣu ca// > Having ground \[these\] and made that wick, one should apply it in epilepsy, / in kilāsa, likewise in insanity, and in irregular fevers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.50) puṣyoddṛtaṃ śunaḥ pittamapasmāraghnamañjanam/ tadeva sarpiṣā yuktaṃ dhūpanaṃ paramaṃ matam// > Dog's bile extracted under Puṣya is an epilepsy-destroying collyrium; / the very same mixed with ghee is considered an excellent fumigation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.51) nakulolūkamārjāragṛdhrakīṭāhikākajaiḥ/ &tuṇḍaiḥ pakṣaiḥ purīṣaiśca dhūpanaṃ kārayedbhiṣak// > With the beaks, feathers, and feces of mongoose, owl, cat, / vulture, insects, snake, and crow, the physician should perform fumigation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.52) ābhiḥ kriyābhiḥ siddhābhirhṛdayaṃ saṃprabudhyate/ srotāṃsi cāpi śudhyanti &tataḥ saṃjñāṃ sa vindati// > By these proven therapies, the heart is re-awakened / and the channels are purified; then he regains consciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.53) yasyānubandhastvāganturdoṣaliṅgādhikākṛtiḥ/ dṛśyeta tasya kāryaṃ syādāgantūnmādabheṣajam// > If a secondary exogenous condition is observed, presenting symptoms exceeding those of the doṣas, / for him the treatment for exogenous insanity should be administered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.54) anantaramuvācedamagniveśaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ/ bhagavan! prāk samuddiṣṭaḥ ślokasthāne mahāgadaḥ// > Immediately after, Agniveśa spoke this with palms joined in reverence: / 'O Blessed One! Previously in the Sūtrasthāna, the great disease was mentioned— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.55) atattvābhiniveśo yastaddhetvākṛtibhiṣajam/ tatra noktamataḥ śrotumicchāmi tadihocyatām// > Namely, atattvābhiniveśa; but its etiology, symptoms, and treatment / were not stated there. Therefore I wish to hear it; let that be declared here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.56) śuśrūṣave vacaḥ śrutvā śiṣyāyāha punarvasuḥ/ mahāgadaṃ saumya! śṛṇu sahetvākṛtibheṣajam// > Hearing the words of the pupil eager to learn, Punarvasu said: / 'O gentle one! Listen to the great disease along with its etiology, symptoms, and treatment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.57) malināhāraśīlasya vegān prāptānnigṛhnataḥ/ śītoṣṇasnigdharūkṣādyairhetubhiścātisevitaiḥ// > In one habituated to impure food, who suppresses manifested natural urges, / and through excessive indulgence in causes such as cold, hot, unctuous, and dry, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.58) hṛdayaṃ samupāśritya manobuddhivahāḥ sirāḥ/ doṣāḥ saṃdūṣya tiṣṭhanti rajomohāvṛtātmanaḥ// > The doṣas, taking recourse in the heart and vitiating the vessels / that carry the mind and intellect, abide in a person whose self is covered by rajas and delusion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.59) rajastamobhyāṃ vṛddhābhyāṃ &buddhau manasi cāvṛte/ hṛdaye vyākule doṣairatha &mūḍho 'alpacetanaḥ// > When intellect and mind are covered by increased rajas and tamas, / and the heart is agitated by the doṣas, then, confounded and feeble-minded, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.60) viṣamāṃ kurute buddhiṃ nityānitye hitāhite/ atattvābhiniveśaṃ tamāhurāptā mahāgadam// > He forms perverted judgments regarding the eternal and non-eternal, the beneficial and unbeneficial; / authoritative teachers call that great disease atattvābhiniveśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.61) snehasvedopapannaṃ taṃ saṃśodhya vamanādibhiḥ/ kṛtasaṃsarjanaṃ medhyairannapānairupācaret// > Having prepared him with oleation and sudation, purified him with emesis and the like, / and given him the restorative regimen of diet, one should treat him with intellect-promoting food and drinks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.62) brāhmīsvarasayuktaṃ yat pañcagavyamudāhṛtam/ tat sevyaṃ śaṅkhapuṣpī ca yacca medhyaṃ rasāyanam// > The pañcagavya prescribed with the fresh juice of brāhmī / should be used, along with śaṅkhapuṣpī and whatever rasāyana is intellect-promoting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.63) suhṛdaścānukūlāstaṃ svāptā dharmārthavādinaḥ/ saṃyojayeyur&vijñānadhairyasmṛtisamādhibhiḥ// > Well-disposed friends, dependable relatives, and teachers of dharma and artha / should unite him with discernment, fortitude, memory, and concentration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.64) prayuñjyāttailalaśunaṃ payasā vā śatāvarīm/ brāhmīrasaṃ kuṣṭharasaṃ vacāṃ vā madhusaṃyutām// > One should administer oil with garlic, or śatāvarī with milk, / or the juice of brāhmī, the juice of kuṣṭha, or vacā combined with honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.65) duścikitsyo hyapasmāraścirakārī &kṛtāspadaḥ/ tasmādrasāyanairenaṃ prāyaśaḥ samupācaret// > For epilepsy is difficult to cure, chronic, and deeply rooted; / therefore, one should treat it mostly with rasāyanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.66) jalāgnidrumaśailebhyo viṣamebhyaśca taṃ sadā/ rakṣedunmādinaṃ caiva sadyaḥ prāṇaharā hi te// > One should always protect him, as well as an insane patient, / from water, fire, trees, cliffs, and uneven places, for these bring immediate loss of life.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.67) tatra ślokau--- > Here are two verses summarizing the content: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.67\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.67_1) hetuṃ kurvantyapasmāraṃ doṣāḥ prakupitā yathā/ sāmānyataḥ pṛthaktvācca liṅgaṃ teṣāṃ ca bheṣajam// > How the aggravated doṣas produce epilepsy, / their symptoms generally and specifically, and their treatment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.68) mahāgadasamutthānaṃ liṅgaṃ covāca sauṣadham/ munirvyāsasamāsābhyām&apasmāracikitsite// > As well as the origin, symptoms, and medication of the great disease— / the sage declared in detail and in brief in \[this chapter on\] the treatment of epilepsy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.10.68\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10.68_1) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte 'aprāpte dṛḍhabalasaṃpūrite cikitsāsthāne 'apasmāracikitsitaṃ nāma daśamo 'adhyāyaḥ//10// > Thus ends the tenth chapter, titled 'Treatment of Epilepsy', in the Cikitsāsthāna of the compendium composed by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and, where missing, completed by Dṛḍhabala. //10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.10.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.21.2) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.170.36) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Hārītasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.18.16) — Hārīta, Sanskrit - [Yogaratnasamuccaya (Anantakumāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.yogaratnasamuccaya-anantakumara.5.99) — Anantakumāra, Sanskrit - [Basavarājīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.basavarajiya.p2315) — Nīlakaṇṭhakoṭṭūru Basavarāja 1500, Sanskrit - [Vīrasiṃhāvaloka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.karmavipaka.virasimhavaloka.3.p27) — Vīrasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.10) · Pramāṇa