[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.204 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.204 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.204 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.204) Ajñāta-yakṣma, the ‘unknown sickness,’ is mentioned in the Rigveda,¹ Atharvaveda,² and Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā.³ It is referred to in connection with Rājayakṣma. Grohmann⁴ thinks that the two are different forms of disease, hypertrophy and atrophy, the purpose of the spell in the Rigveda being thus the removal of all disease. From the Atharvaveda⁵ he deduces its identity with Balāsa. Zimmer,⁶ however, points out that this conclusion is unjustified, leaving the disease unidentified, which seems to accord with its name. - [Previous: v1.c3.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.203) - [Next: v1.c3.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.205) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.204) · Pramāṇa