Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c10.25

c10.25

Along with his above fourfold division, Su 1.24 mentions also another division of diseases in 7 classes : ādibalapravṛtta—proceeding from procreation, i. e. from spoiled sperm and ovum, thus inherited from father and mother; e. g. skin-diseases and piles. 2. janmabalapravṛtta— proceeding from the birth, i. e. in the womb by defective conduct of pregnancy, like lameness, inherent blindness, dumbness and deafness, speaking through the nose, dwarfishness and the like. 3. doṣabalapravṛtta— proceeding from the doṣas, in fact originating either in intestines or in stomach, either in body or in mind. 4. saṃghātabalapravṛtta—proceeding from wounds, i.e. caused either by weapon or by beasts. 5. kālabalapravṛtta—originated from the seasons, i. e. brought about by cold, heat, wind, rain and the like. 6. daivabalapravṛtta— caused by the divine will, i. e. effected on account of an insult of a divine being, effected by imprecation, incantation from the Atharvaveda or by contagion (Ḍallaṇa). The effects of lightning are also reckoned herein. 7. svabhāvabalapravṛtta— natural, i.e. hunger, thirst and the like (see above). Suśruta, however, expressly adds that vāta, pitta and kapha form the root of all diseases.