The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.135

c8.135

¹ The name of fever in classical Sanskrit is *jvara* which is known in the *Atharvaveda* as the second member of the compound *aṅga-jvara*, "fever of the limbs", which we have already met with and which undoubtedly has already occurred in the *Rg-veda*, I, 4.2-8, in the compound *nava-jvara*. There is a great deal of literature on *takmán* which before being recognised as fever, was seen to represent the least expected diseases. cf., V. Grohmann, *Medicinesches aus dem Atharva-Veda mit besonderem Bezug auf den Takman*; V. Henry, *Magie...*; Macdonell-Keith, *Vedic Index*, etc. Lastly, Reinhold F.C. Muller, "Der Takman des Atharvaveda", in *Artibus Asiae*, VI, 1937, pp. 230 ff. The article of P. Regnaud, *Notes d'exégése védique, Détermination du sens de "tan", "tman" et "takman"*, in *Congr. Or. 1897*, appertains to a series of systematic conceptions which are not acceptable.