Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.170
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.170
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v2.c4.s10.170
Hṛd-yota¹ (for Hṛd-dyota) and Hṛd-roga,² ‘heart disease,’ are mentioned in the Atharvaveda and the Rigveda respectively. Zimmer³ identifies the disease in the Atharvaveda with Hṛdayāmaya, ‘consumption caused by love.’ In the Rigveda this is not at all likely: later in the medical Saṃhitās the word probably denotes angina pectoris.⁴