A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.11

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The next subjects are sukha (happiness) and duḥkha (suffering), arising from the contact with the sense of touch (sparśa)28 and mind (manas), which leads to attachments (tṛṣṇā) in the form of desire (icchā) and aversion (dveṣa) (1.129–136). Mokṣa (final emancipation), in which all sensations (vedanā) have ceased, is reached by means of yoga (1.137–139).29