The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.145
The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.145
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Moreover, classical medicine knows also this sense of *tṛtīyaka*. The *Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā*, for example, differentiates between the intermittent fevers under question by describing them as *aikāhika*, "daily"; *dvitīyaka*, "coming every second day" and *tṛtīyaka* "coming every third day" (2, II, 54-5).
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- Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit