A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.320.1

v1.c23.320.1

The subjects dealt with are: the various shapes (ākṛti) of sores in various parts of the body, caused by weapons with diverse edges (dhārā) and tips (mukha); sores caused by the doṣas may assume the same shapes when bursting spontaneously (2.4–8ab); the six main types of traumatic wounds: chinna (cut), bhinna (stabbed), viddha (pierced), kṣata (contused), piccita (crushed), and ghṛṣṭa (abrased) (2.8cd–10ab);29 the characteristics of the chinna and bhinna types (2.10cd–12ab); the organs collectively called koṣṭha: āmāśaya, agnyāśaya, pakvāśaya, mūtrāśaya (urinary bladder), rudhirāśraya (the receptacle of blood), hṛd (heart), uṇḍuka, and phupphusa (2.12cd–13ab); the general symptoms of the bhinna type when the koṣṭha is affected (2.13cd–16ab); the symptoms of bleeding into the āmāśaya (2.16cd–17ab) and pakvāśaya (2.17cd–18ab);30 the intestines become filled with blood even when (the walls of) the receptacles have remained intact (abhinna), for blood oozes through the subtle pores (kha), in the same way as water oozes through the pores of a closed pitcher (dipped in water) (2.18cd–19ab); the characteristics of the viddha, kṣata, piccita and ghṛṣṭa types (2.23cd–29ab); the treatment of the six types of sadyovraṇa (2.23cd–29ab); the treatment of chinna wounds of the head and the lateral parts of the chest31 (2.29cd–30); a severed ear should be repaired in the way described (2.31);32 the treatment of a chinna wound in the region of the kṛkāṭikā (2.32–33);