A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.166

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321 Kaviratna: twitching of the calves. A symptom in a number of disorders (see, e.g., Su. U.39.85; A.H.Sū.4.3); caused by vāta (Ca.Ni.1.21). A piṇḍikā is not only found in the lower legs, but also in the thighs and upper arms (see Ca.Śā.7.11; Kāśyapasaṃhitā, p.76); if not specified, the calf is meant. Compare J.J. Meyer (1937): I, 172. Udveṣṭa is an action of vāta in the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Sū.27.33). 322 Cakra specifies that not the disease, but the type of pain (śūla) occurring in it is meant; otherwise, there would be disagreement with Ca.Sū.19.4 and Ci.28.56–57, where two varieties are distinguished, caused by vāta and vāta in combination with kapha. See P.V. Sharma (1985e): 171. Gṛdhraśī is also present in the short list of the Bhelasaṃhitā (Sū. 16.6–7). 323 The translation bandy legs (genu varum), found in the Gulabkunverba translation and that by R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash, is not justified, being too specific. Kaviratna: fracture of the knee. 324 The translation knock-knees (genu valgum), found in the Gulabkunverba translation and that by R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash, is not justified. Kaviratna renders it as dislocation of the knee. The symptom is caused by vāta (Ca.Ni.1.21). 325 Kaviratna: rheumatism or paralysis of the thigh. Cakra rightly stresses that stiffness of the thighs (ūrustambhamātra) is meant, not the disease called ūrustambha, which is caused by āma and the three doṣas (Ca.Sū.19.4). Stambhana is an action of vāta (Ca.Sū.20.12). 326 Atrophy of the thighs (Gulabkunverba); pain in the thighs (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); loss of movement in the thighs (P.V. Sharma). Sāda is one of the actions of vāta (Ca. Sū.20.12). Ūrusāda is a symptom caused by vāta (Ca.Ni.1.21). Sakthisāda (= ūrusāda) is a symptom of vidradhi located in the groins (Ca.Sū.17.101). Cf. ūrusadana (Ca.Sū.16.8). 327 Paraplegia (Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash). Interpreted by Kaviratna, more correctly, as total lameness occasioned by malformation of the legs or owing to the legs being undeveloped. Described as a vāta disease affecting the thighs and hips (Su.Ni. 1.77); mentioned as a vāta disease at Ca.Ci.28.21. 328 Also mentioned at Ca.Sū.11.49; Ci.14.36; 19.43; Si.6.85; one of its synonyms, gudaṇi-saraṇa, occurs at Ca.Ci.14.133 and 19.42; bhraṣṭaguda is a synonym found at Ca.Ci.19.46. 329 Ārti (pain) is caused by vāta (Ca.Ci.28.23). 330 The meaning of this term is uncertain. Interpreted as cryptorchidism (Gulabkunverba), pain in the scrotum (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash), twitching of the scrotum (P.V. Sharma). Compare the vṛṣaṇavāta of the Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā (II.1.13; see the commen-taries). Ākṣepa is caused by vāta (Ca.Ci.28.23). Kaviratna reads vṛṣaṇotkṣepa, interpreted as bursting out of the testes from their fleshy case. 331 Absent from Kaviratna’s list. Stambha usually means impaired mobility through rigidity. The translation stiffness of the penis (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash; P.V. Sharma) is ambiguous; priapism (Gulabkunverba) is too specific. 332 Also mentioned at Ca.Sū.7.6, where it denotes a painful tension felt in the groins due to suppression of the urge to pass water. Kaviratna: griping pain in the groins, pubic or iliac regions. The Gulabkunverba team rendered the term by bubonocele. 333 Coxa vara according to the Gulabkunverba team. Kaviratna reads śoṇitabheda, interpreted as haemorrhages of every kind. 334 Loose stools are meant (see Dalhaṇa ad Su.U.54.10; Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 2.74). Interpreted as sheep-dung stools (Gulabkunverba), diarrhoea (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash), pain during defecation (P.V. Sharma).