History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s4.8

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The text gives characteristic features of trees suffering from these diseases (verses 167-172). It describes the trees as afflicted with excessive heat (*caṇḍatāpa*), hit by the velocity of a gale (*pavanodvega*), drying of their parts (*aṅgapariśoṣaṇa*) and injury (*vraṇa*) (verses 173-76). It lists some of the important causes for the decline of trees (verses 177-80, 182). It says that putrid smell, absence of smell, and shrivelling of leaves and sprouts are caused by the affliction of ants (*pipīlikā*) and indigestion caused by excessive watering (verse 181).