[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s7.7 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s7.7 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s7.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.7) DISEASES (ROGA, UPATĀPA)—Pāṇini frames rules for naming diseases after, e.g. (1) time (\*kāla\*); e.g. \*dvitīyaka\*, \*chaturthaka\*, fevers appearing after two or four days; (2) cause or effect (\*prayojana\*); e.g. fevers with shivering (\*śītaka\*) or heat (\*ushṇaka\*), or fevers produced by poisons as \*vishpushpa\*, and \*kāsapushpa\* (\*Kāśikā\*). - [Previous: c8.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.6) - [Next: c8.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.8) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.7) · Pramāṇa