Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c13.42

c13.42

§ 74. Swollen testicles, Hernia, Hydrocele :— The general expression vṛddhi "growth" seems to mean every diseased swelling of the scrotum, while the cognate vardhma, vardhman (vradhna, bradhna, bradhma) which is held by Aruṇadatta as fully synonymous, is used in the restricted meaning "Hernia"; cf. Bhāv 2.3; Vang 580. However, in Car 1.18.36 both the readings vṛddhi and bradhna are found in the description of the disease in which the deranged vāta comes in the testicles from the groins as a result of swelling and pain; cf. also Bhāv 2.273. The same disease appears to be described in Car 6.12.89 f. where mention is made of testicles swollen by vāta which protrude out the intestines and again are replaced and are to be operated; this is apparently hernia. According to Vang 580 a painless swelling of the testicles is called kuranda. According to MN 248-50=AHr 3.11=AS 3.11=Vang 574=Bhāv 2.3 the deranged vāta penetrates