A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.210

v1.c23.210

Its subjects are: the five types of bhagandara: śataponaka,⁷⁵ uṣṭragrīva, parisrāvin, śambūkāvarta, and unmārgin, caused, in the mentioned order, by vāta, pitta, kapha, concerted action of the three doṣas, and exogenous factors (āgantunimitta); the etymology of bhagandara;⁷⁶ the disorder is called piḍakā when there is no opening (abhinna) and bhagandara (sensu stricto) when one or more openings are present (bhinna) (4.3); the prodromes (4.4); the aetiology of bhagandara;⁷⁷ the pathogenesis and symptomatology of each of the five types (4.5–9);⁷⁸ the difference between a common piḍakā (boil) in the region of the anus and the piḍakā (abscess) that may develop into a fistula (4.10); the characteristics of the latter type of piḍakā (4.11); the prodromes of bhagandara sensu stricto (4.12); the degrees of curability of bhagandara (4.13).