A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.80

v1.c24.80

Chapter one (sarvaroganidāna) deals with: the terms designating disease (1.1);² the five means of obtaining knowledge about diseases: nidāna (aetiology), pūrvarūpa (prodromes), rūpa (symptomatology), upaśaya (therapeutic diagnosis) and saṃprāpti (pathogenesis) (1.2);³ the synonyms of nidāna (1.3a–c);⁴ the definition of prāgrūpa (= pūrvarūpa) (1.3d–4);⁵ the definition and the synonyms of rūpa (1.5);⁶ the definition of upaśaya or sātmya; its opposite is anupaśaya or asātmya (1.6–7);⁷ the definition and the synonyms of saṃprāpti (1.8);⁸ the five subdivisions of saṃprāpti: saṃkhyā (number), vikalpa (discrimination), prādhānya (predominance), bala (force) and kāla (time); the explanation and illustration of these terms (1.9–11);⁹ thus has been proclaimed what is meant by nidāna (1.12ab);¹⁰ all diseases are caused by the excited doṣas; their excitation is brought about by the indulgence in anything that is unwholesome (1.12cd–13ab);¹¹ these unwholesome things consist of the three kinds of contact (yoga) with the three factors previously mentioned (1.13cd);¹² the causes of excitement of vāta (1.14–15),¹³ pitta (1.16),¹⁴ kapha (1.17–18c),¹⁵ two doṣas (1.18d), and all three doṣas together (1.19–23ab);¹⁶ the excited doṣas reach the rasa-carrying vessels, which bring them to the sites where particular diseases are produced (1.23cd–24).