A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.121

v1.c23.121

Diseases arise there, where the excited doṣas, circulating in the body, get obstructed due to an abnormality (vaguṇya) of the channels (kha) (24.10). Diseases are always associated with the doṣas, but the production (utpatti) of a disease can only come about in the presence of an accessory cause (nimitta) (24.11).