A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.427.2

v1.c23.427.2

bites by diseased, frightened, very old or young snakes are less venomous (4.20);⁹¹ snake poison does no harm in regions inhabited by Garuḍa,⁹² deities, brahmaṛṣis, yakṣas and siddhas, nor in places where antipoisonous drugs abound (4.21);⁹³ the characteristics of darvīkara,⁹⁴ maṇḍalin,⁹⁵ and rājimant⁹⁶ snakes (4.22–24);⁹⁷ the characteristics of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra snakes (4.25–28);⁹⁸ snakes which are hooded (phaṇin)⁹⁹ excite vāta, maṇḍalin snakes pitta, rājimant snakes kapha;¹⁰⁰ hybrid snakes¹⁰¹ excite two doṣas, dependent on those associated with their parents (4.29–30c);¹⁰² rājimant snakes move about in the last quarter (yāma) of the night, maṇḍalin snakes in the first three quarters, darvīkara snakes during the day (4.30d–31);