The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c7.s2.85

c7.s2.85

³ This is, what is, actually indicated by the translation ‘ringworm’ (dartre), adopted by K.L. Bhiṣagratna in his version of the Suśruta and by the majority of authors, as the term does not possess a precise medical value. It follows therefore that the two ailments were considered as having extremely similar aspects and that they were willingly mixed up by the Tibetans. Sāyaṇa in his commentary on the Chāndogya Upan. gloses pāman by kharju, a relatively popular term, little used in the Sanskrit nosology and which includes the itch and all types of pruritus.