A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.178

v1.c24.178

The subjects dealt with are: a liṅganāśa should be treated surgically by piercing the eye when it is due to kapha and ripe (sujāta),367 and when it has resulted in loss of vision (niḥprekṣya); it should also be free from the six complications, such as āvartakī, etc. (14.1); the characteristics of an unripe liṅganāśa; the problems arising from couching in such cases (14.2–3);368 a liṅganāśa due to kapha is white, because kapha possesses that colour; when another doṣa dominates, the disorder called ānīlatā is present (14.4);369 the characteristics of the complications called āvartakī, śarkarā, rājimati, chinnāṅśuka, candrakī, and chattrakī (14.5–7);370 general disorders to be regarded as contra-indications for couching (14.8);371 the technique of couching (14.