A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.9

v1.c11.9

Causes of misery are dealt with in the next section: dhīvibhraṃśa²⁴ or buddhivibhraṃśa (impairment of functions of the intellect), dhṛtivibhraṃśa (impairment of the faculty of keeping one’s ground), smṛtivibhramśa (impairment of memory), samprāpti (the coming to fruition) of kāla (the factor of time), samprāpti of karman (past actions), and asātmyārthāgama (unsuitable contact with the objects of the senses) (1.98).25