[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.s16.269 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.269 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.269 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.269) Jāyānya,¹ Jāyenya,² are variant forms of the name of a disease mentioned in the Atharvaveda and the Taittirīya Saṃhitā. In one passage of the former text³ it is mentioned with jaundice (harimā) and pains in the limbs (aṅga-bhedo visalpakah). Zimmer⁴ thinks these are its symptoms, and identifies it with a kind of Yakṣma, or disease of the lungs. Bloomfield⁵ prefers to identify it with syphilis, in accordance with certain indications in the ritual of the Kauśika Sūtra.⁶ Roth conjectures ‘gout,’ but Whitney⁷ leaves the nature of the disease doubtful. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.268) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.270) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.269) · Pramāṇa