A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.113

v1.c23.113

All the diseases will be dealt with in this treatise. As already mentioned, 251 disease (vyādhi) is a condition associated with suffering (duḥkhasaṃyoga). This suffering is of three types: ādhyātmika (of internal origin), ādhibhautika (of external origin) and ādHidaivika (of celestial or divine origin). 252 These types are divided into seven groups: ādibalapravṛtta, janmabalapravṛtta, doṣabalapravṛtta, saṃghātabalapravṛtta, kālabalapravṛtta, daivabalapravṛtta, and svabhāvabalapravṛtta (24.4). 253