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for this reason, all kinds of meha may be designated as madhumeha87 (10.9); the complications of prameha due to kapha, pitta, vāta (10.10);88 the pathogenesis of the pramehapiṭakās, described more in detail than in the Hṛdaya;89 these ten piṭakās are: śarāvikā, kacchapikā, jālinī, putriṇī, vidārikā, sarṣapikā, masūrikā, alaī, vinatā, and vidradhi (10.11); the characteristics of śarāvikā, etc., up to vinatā; vidradhi will be described separately (10.12);90 the first five of the piṭakās are hard to endure (duḥsaha), because they arise from a very strong kapha and medas, have the same set of symptoms as the primary disease (mūlavyādhi), and make that disease increase; the other piṭakās are less severe on account of the abundance of pitta and the slight degree to which kapha and medas are involved; the doṣa predominating in piṭakās is the same as that of the type of prameha present (10.13).91 A.s.Ni.10.14–17 = A.h.Ni.10.36cd–37 and 40–41.