A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.181

v1.c24.181

The subjects dealt with are: the symptoms of abhiṣyanda due to vāta (15.1–3);³⁷⁷ when neglected, this disease develops into adhimantha;³⁷⁸ the symptoms of adhimantha (15.3d–4);³⁷⁹ when neglected, adhimantha develops in its turn into hatādhimantha; the symptoms of hatādhimantha (15.5);³⁸⁰ the pathogenesis and symptoms of anyatovāta (15.6–7ab);³⁸¹ the symptoms of vātaparyaya (15.7cd);³⁸² the symptoms of abhiṣyanda³⁸³ and adhimantha due to pitta³⁸⁴ (15.8–10a), kapha (15.10b–12ab),³⁸⁵ and blood (15.12cd–14);³⁸⁶ adhimantha is more painful than (abhi)syanda (15.15);³⁸⁷ the symptoms of śuṣkākṣipāka, caused by vāta and pitta (15.16–17c);³⁸⁸ (the disease called) saśopha is brought about by the three doṣas, along with blood; its symptoms (15.17d–19ab);³⁸⁹ the symptoms of alpaśopha (15.19cd)³⁹⁰ and akṣipākātyaya (15.20–21ab);³⁹¹ the pathogenesis and symptomatology of amloṣita (15.21cd–23a);³⁹² these are the sixteen diseases affecting the whole eye (15.23ab);³⁹³ hatādhimantha³⁹⁴ and akṣipākātyaya should be given up;³⁹⁵ when badly treated, adhimantha by vāta destroys the dṛṣṭi in five days; when brought about by kapha or blood, it does so in seven and three days respectively; adhimantha due to pitta destroys the dṛṣṭi on the day it arises (sadya eva) (15.23cd–24).³⁹⁶