A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.170

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394 Compare the list of A.S.Sū.20.10. 395 See on this term: Cakra ad Ca.Sū.20.14; Dalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.17.5 and 22.11; Ni.1.47 and 5.8; Gayadāsa ad Su.Ni.1.47 and 5.8; A.S.Sū.20.12. Kaviratna: the sensation of a fire being always placed very near to one's body. 396 See Cakra ad Ca.Sū.20.14; A.S.Sū.20.12. Kaviratna: the sensation of one's body being slightly scorched by fire. 397 See Cakra ad Ca.Sū.20.14; A.S.Sū.20.12. Kaviratna: a sensation of burning being experienced in every part of the body. Oṣa, ploṣa and dāha are three, increasing, grades of a burning sensation. Dāha is one of the actions of pitta (Sū.20.15). 398 A feeling of burning in the eyes and other sense organs (A.S.Sū.20.12; Cakra ad Ca.Ci. 21.30). A feeling of broiling (Gulabkunverba), or boiling (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); intense burning (P.V. Sharma); a sensation of every part of the body having been subject to a painful inflammation (Kaviratna). 399 A sensation of fuming in mouth and throat. See A.S.Sū.20.12 and Cakra ad Ca.Sū.20.14. 400 Acid eructations (Kaviratna; Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); hyperacidity (P.V. Sharma). See A.S.Sū.20.12. 401 Imperfect digestion (Kaviratna); misdigestion (Gulabkunverba); pyrosis (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); burning in stomach and oesophagus (P.V. Sharma). See A.S.Sū.20.12. 402 Kaviratna: a burning sensation within the body, generally within the thorax. See A.S.Sū. 20.12. 403 Sveda is one of the actions of pitta (Ca.Sū.20.15). 404 Local bursting (Gulabkunverba); cracking pain in the body (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); tearing of body parts (P.V. Sharma). Variants found in other treatises are avayavasadana (A.S.Sū.20.10) and aṅgadaraṇa (Śārṅgadharasamhitā I.7.118). 405 Liquescence of the blood (Gulabkunverba); sloughing of the blood ((R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); excessive moisture of blood (P.V. Sharma); the existence of impurities in the blood (Kaviratna). Kleda is one of the actions of pitta (Sū.20.15). It is also attributed to kapha (Ca.Sū.20.18). See on śoṇitakleda: A.S.Sū.20.12. 406 Softening of the flesh (Gulabkunverba); sloughing of the muscles (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); moistening of muscles (P.V. Sharma); the generation of impurities in the flesh (Kaviratna). See A.S.Sū.20.12. 407 Cakra remarks that only the outer layer of the skin is affected; tearing of all the layers would be called carmādaraṇa. Kaviratna inserts māṃsadāha and reads tvagmāṃsadaraṇa. 408 Thickening of the skin (P.V. Sharma). Different from the form of kuṣṭha called carmadala. The Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha (Sū.20.10) has carmadaraṇa. Kaviratna also reads carmadaraṇa, interpreted as bursting of the seven layers of the skin. 409 Urticaria (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash; P.V. Sharma); an eruption resembling the swelling caused by the sting of a hornet (Kaviratna). Raktakoṭha is a symptom caused by pitta (Ca.Ni.1.24). Koṭha is an urticarial weal, arising from blood, pitta and kapha (see Cakra ad Ca.Ci.3.108). The term koṭha occurs several times in the Carakasamhitā: Sū.7.14; 21.47; 23.5; 24.16 (a disorder caused by blood); 28.13. Redness (rāga) is an action of pitta (Ca.Sū.20.15). 410 Viṣphoṭa is a form of kuṣṭha (Ca.Ci.7.25), viṣphoṭaka a variety of śvayathu (Ca.Ci. 12.90cd). 411 Cakra remarks that raktapitta without the involvement of any other doṣa than pitta is meant.