A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.427.3

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fatal bites are those of a young darvīkara, an old maṇḍalin, and a rājimant of middle age (4.32);¹⁰³ less dangerous are the bites of snakes which are defeated by a mongoose (nakula), or which are very young, distressed by water, weakened, or old, and which have recently cast off their skin (4.33);¹⁰⁴ the darvīkara snakes are:¹⁰⁵ kṛṣṇasarpa,¹⁰⁶ mahākṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇodara, śvetakapota, mahākapota,¹⁰⁷ balāhaka, mahāsarpa, śaṅkhakapāla, lohitākṣa, gavedhuka, parisarpa, khaṇḍaphaṇa, kakuda, padma, mahāpadma, darbhapuṣpa, dadhimukha, puṇḍarīka, bhrūkuṭīmukha, viṣkira, puṣpābhikīrṇa, girisarpa, ṛjusarpa, śvetodara, mahāśiras, alagarda, and āśīviṣa;¹⁰⁸ the maṇḍalin snakes are: ādarśamaṇḍala, śvetamaṇḍala, raktamaṇḍala, citramaṇḍala, pṛṣata, rodhrapuṣpa, milindaka, gonasa,¹⁰⁹ vṛddhagonasa, panasa, mahāpanasa, veṇupattraka, śiśuka, madana, pālindira, piṅgala, tantuka, puṣpapāṇḍu, ṣaḍaṅga, agnika, babhru, kaṣāya, kaluṣa, pārāvata, hastābharaṇa, citraka, and eṇīpada;¹¹⁰ the rājimant snakes are: puṇḍarīka, rājicitra, aṅgularājī, bindurājī, kardamaka, tṛṇaśosaka, sarṣapaka, śvetahanu, darbhapuṣpa, cakraka, godhūmaka, and kikkisāda;¹¹¹ the nirviṣa snakes¹¹² are: galagolī, śūkapattra, ajagara, divyaka, varṣāhika, puṣpaśakalin, jyotīratha, kṣīrikāpuṣpaka, ahipatāka, andhakāhika, gaurāhika, and vṛkṣeśaya;¹¹³ vaikarañja snakes are cross-breeds of the above three groups;