[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) › [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt) › 5.1.9\_2 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.1.9\_2 English (machine translation) 5.1.9\_2 - **Language:** English ### [5.1.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1.9_2) In that regard, having observed the constitutional complexion in half of the body and the pathological complexion in the other half of the body, both complexions being divided by a boundary—whether divided by left and right, whether divided by front and back, whether divided by upper and lower, or whether divided by interior and exterior—one should know it to be a fatal sign (ariṣṭa) for the patient; similarly, a difference in complexion occurring in half of the face or elsewhere leads to death. - [Previous: 5.1.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1.9_1) - [Next: 5.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1.10) - [Up: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.1.9_2) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1.9_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.1.9_2) · Pramāṇa