A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.102

v2.c29.102

154 Ca.Sū.11.49 enumerates many examples of disorders belonging to each of the three categories. Some of these disorders (arśas, gulma, śvayathu, vidradhi, visarpa) are items occurring in two of the three lists. The classification presented here is confusing in other respects too. Prolapse of the rectum (gudabhraṃśa) belongs to the second category, while haemorrhoids (arśāṃsi) are found among the diseases of the first and third categories. Some disorders mentioned (apacī, gaṇḍa and gudabhraṃśa for example) are not described as distinct entities in the Carakasamhitā (see on gudabhraṃśa: Ca.Sū.20.11, Ci.14.36 and 19.43, Si. 6.29 and 85; Su.Ni.13.61 and Ci.20.61–63; A.h.Ci.9.48cd–54; the disorder is also called gudaṃhiśaraṇa: Ca.Ci.14.133 and 19.42). Compare Cakra's remarks.