A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.888

v1.c25.888

The subjects are: 163 the eighteen lords of the bhūtas (bhūtādhipati): gods (sura), Asuras, Gandharvas, Uragas (= Nāgas), Yakṣas, Brahmarākṣasas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, Pretas, Kūṣmāṇḍas, Kākhordas, Maukiraṇas, Vetālas, Pitars, Ṛṣis, gurus, vṛddhas, and Siddhas; 164 their attendants and the attendants of these attendants are innumerable, 165 thus making the world of the bhūtas infinite (7.2); bhūtas in general are eager for food; they roam about at midnight, are dreadful, and feed upon flesh, blood and fat (7.3); 166 on account of their living together with gods, Asuras, etc., their contact with them and the adoption of the same behaviours, the bhūtas share the same names (7.4); 167 the cause of their entering (anupraveśa) consists primarily of errors of judgment (prajñāparādha) during this or a former existence (7.5); 168 the consequences of prajñāparādha, leading to injury by a bhūta (7.6); 169 likewise, persons suffering from unmāda or apasmāra, fever, or other diseases, particularly persons with sores, the more so when they smell after pus, blood or fat, are liable to an attack (7.7); 170 each class of bhūtas approaches at a preferred period of time in order to hurt human beings (7.8); times, places and occasions likely to attract bhūtas (7.9); 171 the specific ways for the various groups of bhūtas to exert their influence on human beings (7.10); 172 the periods of time 173 and the types of persons 174 preferred for their attack by each group of bhūtas (7.11–15); the prodromes (7.16); 175 the characteristic features of someone afflicted by a devagraha (7.17); 176 the features specific for affliction by Īśvara, Indra, Dhanada (= Kubera), Varuṇa (7.18); 177 the characteristic features of someone afflicted by an Asura (7.19), 178 a Gandharva (7.20), 179 Uraga (7.21), 180 Yakṣa (7.22); 181 features specific for the Yakṣas called Maṇivara and Vikaṭa (7.23); 182 the features indicating affliction by a Brahmarākṣasa; 183 the specific features due to the being called Yajñasena (7.24); 184 the features pointing to affliction by a Rākṣasa; 185 features specific for Viśākha, Saṅgama, 186 Vidyunmālin 187 and Virūpākṣa 188 (7.25); 189 the features characteristic of an affliction by a Piśāca, 190 by the beings called Kaśmala, 191 Kuśa 192 or Nistejas, 193 by a preta 194 (7.26); the features characteristic of a Kūṣmāṇḍa 195 (7.27), Kākhorda (7. 28), 196 Maukiraṇa (7.29), 197 Vetāla (7.30), 198 Pitṛgraha (7.31), 199 guru, vṛddha or Siddha (7.32). 200