A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.30

v1.c22.30

Cakrapāṇidatta was not interested in psychopathology since, in his opinion, the Carakasamhitā is exclusively devoted to kāyacikitsā: the mānasadoṣas are therefore of no importance. 127 He did not admit blood as a doṣa 128 and was in doubt regarding the relationship between pitta and agni. 129 The concepts of poṣya or sthāyin and poṣaka or asthāyin dhātu were known to him. 130 Regarding the metabolism of the dhātus, he concluded that the khalekapotanyāya had an explanatory force equal to (tulyabala) that of the kedārīkulyānyāya and other theories. 131 On another occasion, 132 he preferred either the kedārīkulyānyāya or the dadhikṣīranyāya to the khalekapotanyāya. 133 Noteworthy is the limited role he gives to the pathophysiological processes called saṃprāpti. 134 Important is the remark on the clay-like colour of the stools in obstructive jaundice. 135 A sahajā and vaināyakī buddhi are distinguished. 136