A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.434.2

v1.c23.434.2

the twelve kīṭas with fatal bites are: tuṅgināsa, vicilaka, tālaka, vāhaka, koṣṭhāgārin, 190 krimikara, maṇḍalapucchaka, tuṇḍanābha, sarṣapika, 191 valguli, śambuka, and agnikīṭa; 192 the characteristics of the stages of poisoning by their bites are similar to those by snake-bites; their bites give rise to severe pains and diseases caused by concerted action of the doṣas; the site of their bite shows the same colours as those produced by a caustic or by cauterization (8.15cd–18); symptoms caused by kīṭas with a sharp (tīkṣṇa) poison (8.19–21); the other symptoms they cause are like those of dūṣīviṣa or poisonous plasters 193 (8.22–23a); symptoms brought about by kīṭas with a slow (manda) poison (8.23b–24ab); the powdered bodies (of these kīṭas), which act like dūṣīviṣa, turn into gara 194 when combined with various drugs or employed in a plaster (anulepana) (8.24cd–25ab); the four kinds of kaṇabha: 195 trikaṇṭa, 196 kariṇī, hastikakṣa, and aparājita; the symptoms their very painful bites give rise to (8.26–27); 197 the five kinds of godheraka: 198 pratisūryaka, piṅgābhāsa, 199 bahuvarṇa, 200 nirūpama, and godheraka; 201 the symptoms produced by their bites (8.28); the six kinds of galagolikā: śvetā, kṛṣṇā, raktarājī, raktamaṇḍalā, sarvaśvetā, and sarṣapikā; the symptoms caused by the bites of the first five; the symptoms caused by the fatal bite of the sarṣapikā (8.29); the eight kinds of śatapadī: paruṣā, kṛṣṇā, citrā, kapilā, pītikā, raktā, śvetā, and agniprabhā;