[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.s17.10 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.10 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.10 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.10) Takman is a disease repeatedly mentioned in the Atharvaveda, but later not known under this name. It is the subject of five hymns¹ of the Atharvaveda, and is often mentioned elsewhere.² Weber³ first identified it with ‘fever,’ and Grohmann⁴ showed that all the symptoms pointed to that ailment.⁵ Reference is made to the alternate hot and shivering fits of the patient,⁶ to the yellow colour of the jaundice which accompanies the fever,⁷ and to its peculiar periodicity. The words used to describe its varieties are anye-dyuḥ,⁸ ubhaya-dyuḥ,⁹ tṛtīyaka,¹⁰ vi-tṛtīya,¹¹ and sadam-di,¹² the exact sense of most of which terms is somewhat uncertain. It is agreed¹³ that the first epithet designates the fever known as quotidianus, which recurs each day at the same hour, though the word is curious (lit. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.9) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.11) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.10) · Pramāṇa