A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.434.7

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the symptoms caused by contact with spider venom from these seven sources (8.86–88ab);²²⁰ the mythic origin of spiders, which arose from the drops of sweat falling from the forehead of Vasiṣṭha, whose wrath was aroused by the behaviour of Viśvāmitra (8.88cd–93);²²¹ there are sixteen kinds of spiders;²²² the bites of eight kinds are curable with difficulty, while the others are incurable (8.94);²²³ the spiders of the first group are: trimaṇḍalā, śvetā, kapilā, pītikā, ālaviṣā, mūtraviṣā, raktā, and kasanā; the symptoms caused by their venom; characteristic features are disorders caused by kapha and vāta (8.95–96); the spiders of the second group are: sauvarṇikā, lājavarṇā, jālinī, eṇīpadī, kṛṣṇā, agnivarṇā, kākāṇḍā, and mālāguṇā; the symptoms caused by their venom; characteristic features are disorders brought about by the three doṣas (8.97–99);²²⁴ the symptoms of the bite by a trimaṇḍalā and their treatment (8.101–102); the same with regard to the bite by a śvetā (8.103–104), kapilā (8.105–106), pītikā (8.107–108), ālaviṣā (8.109–110), mūtraviṣā (8.111–112), raktā (8.113–114), kasanā (8.115), kṛṣṇā (8.116–117), and agnivaktrā²²⁵ (8.118–119ab); general remedies against spider bites (8.119cd–120);²²⁶ the symptoms and treatment of the bites of eight spiders which are curable with difficulty have been described, along with two of the incurable ones; they may, sometimes, with good luck (yadṛcchayā), be treated successfully (8.121ab);