Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s3.18
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s3.18
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c13.s3.18
The *Ācārānga* mentions the following sixteen diseases: boils (*gandi*), leprosy (*kuttha* of eighteen kinds),⁴⁷ consumption (*rāyamsī*), epilepsy (*avamārīya*), blindness (*kāṇīya*), stiffness (*jhimīya*), lameness (*kuṇīya*), humpback (khujiya), dropsy (udari), dumbness (mūya), swelling (sūniya), over-appetite (gulāsaṃ), trembling (vevaṛ), disablement (pīdhasa-ppi), elephantiasis (sīlivaya) and diabetes (madhumeha).⁴⁸