A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.168

v2.c29.168

354 Pain in the eyes (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash; P.V. Sharma); squint (Gulabkunverba). A trauma of the eyes cannot be meant here, although an akṣibhinnaka (Kalyāṇakāraka 15.187) is an eye surgeon. The Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha has tālubheda (a cleft palate) instead of akṣibheda. Kaviratna omits akṣibheda. 355 Pain in the teeth (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash; P.V. Sharma); odontoschism (Gulabkunverba); falling off of the teeth (Kaviratna). See on a disease called dantabheda = bhañjanaka: Su.Ni.16.31; A.h.U.21.13cd = A.S.U.25.17; Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā I.7.131 (and Ādhamalla's comments). 356 Mūkatā is a symptom of samāna when covered by prāṇa (Ca.Ci.28.204). Compare Cakra ad Ca.Ci.3.108, where mūkatva is a symptom of saṃnipātajvara. See also Ca.Sū.5.38 and 26.84. Mūkatva is a vātavyādhi in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ni.1.85). 357 Lalling speech (Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); stammering (P.V. Sharma); temporary dumbness or difficulty of speech (such as stammering) or unintelligibility of speech (Kaviratna). Vākyasaṅga may be loss of voice, since the astringent taste, associated with vāta, suppresses the voice (Ca.Sū.26.43: vācam nigṛhṇāti). The Kāśyapasamhitā (Sū.27.25) has vāggraha instead of vākyasaṅga. 358 The astringent taste belongs to vāta (see Ca.Sū.26.43). Kaṣāyāsyatā is a symptom of vātajvara (Ca.Ni.1.21). 359 A symptom caused by vāta (Ca.Ni.1.21). 360 Āsyavairasya (= arasajñatā) is a symptom of vātajvara (Cakra ad Ca.Ni.1.21). Arasajñatā (different from āsyavairasya) appears when the rasa (nutrient fluid) is corrupted by the doṣas (Ca.Sū.28.9–10). 361 Cf. Ca.Sū.2.6; Śā.1.125 (ghrāṇendriyavināśana). 362 See Su.Ni.1.84. 363 Literally, hearing sounds where there are none; either tinnitus or auditory hallucinations. Kaviratna: that form of deafness in which words uttered very softly or whispered can be heard only. 364 The condition of someone who is hard of hearing. Hyperacousis according to the Gulabkunverba team. See on uccaiḥśruti: R. Desāī (1982): 536–537. 365 Kaviratna: complete deafness. See Ca.Ci.26.127; Su.Ni.1.83. Deafness is a disease of the ears, caused by vāta and kapha, in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (U.20.8) and Mādhavanidāna (57.3). 366 Ptosis of the eyelids according to R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash; paralysis of the eyelids according to Kaviratna. Vartamastambha may be the disorder called vātahatavartmaroga in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (U.3.23). 367 Retraction of the eyelids (Gulabkunverba); entropion (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); contraction of the eyelids (Kaviratna; P.V. Sharma). Saṃkoca is one of the actions of vāta (Ca.Sū.20.12). 368 Cakra remarks that timira is chiefly caused by vāta; the other two doṣas are subordinate. Compare Su.U.7 on the doṣas in timira; see also Bhela Sū.26.1 and 9. Kaviratna: cataract. 369 Ptosis of the eye (Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); squint (P.V. Sharma); inversion of the eyeball(s) (Kaviratna). The term akṣivyudāsa is found only here. 370 Ptosis of the eyebrows (Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); twisting of the eyebrows (P.V. Sharma); falling down of the eyebrows (Kaviratna). The term is also found at Ca.Ni.8.6; A.h.U.7.6. 371 Śiroruj is caused by corruption of the blood according to Ca.Sū.24.13. 372 Fissures in the scalp (Gulabkunverba); dandruff (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); cracking of the scalp (P.V. Sharma); sores of the scalp (Kaviratna).