[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) › 6.9.17 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.9.17 English (machine translation) 6.9.17 - **Language:** English ### [6.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.17) One whose speech, valour, strength, and actions are superhuman, who possesses \[supernatural\] knowledge and the like, understanding, power and the like, / and whose onset of madness is irregular—that should be declared as madness arising from spirits. - [Previous: 6.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.16) - [Next: 6.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.18) - [Up: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.17) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.17) · Pramāṇa