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The Compendium of Caraka 6.17.54

Carakasaṃhitā 6.17.54

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Sanskrit

6.17.54

vicetāḥ pariśuṣkāsyo vivarṇaḥ pralapannaraḥ/
chinnaśvāsena vicchinnaḥ sa śīghraṃ prajahātyasūn//
iti chinnaśvāsaḥ/
pratilomaṃ yadā vāyuḥ srotāṃsi pratipadyate/
grīvāṃ śiraśca saṃgṛhya śleṣmāṇaṃ samudīrya ca//

unconscious, with a parched mouth, discolored, and raving,
cut short by 'interrupted dyspnea' (chinnaśvāsa), that man swiftly abandons his life.
Thus ends [the description of] chinnaśvāsa.
When vāyu proceeds against the grain into the channels,
seizing the neck and head, and exciting the phlegm,

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