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coating of phlegm. A symptom caused by kapha (Ca.Ni.1.27). Upadeha is an action of kapha (Ca.Sū.20.18). See on the term upalepa: A.s.Sū.20.12. 435 Kaviratna: a sensation of the throat being covered over with a coating of phlegm. 436 Heaviness of the veins and nerves (Kaviratna); dilatation of vessels (Gulabkunverba); hardening of vessels (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); accumulation in vessels (P.V. Sharma). The term denotes overfilling (atipūraṇa) of the vessels at A.s.Sū.20.12. 437 Cf. Ca.Sū.18.21. 438 See Cakra's comment. 439 Udarda and related terms are also found at Ca.Sū.4.8 and 17; Ni.7.6; I.5.19. See on this term: A.s.Sū.20.12 and 13. 440 Pallor (Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash). The white colour belongs to kapha (Ca.Sū.20.18). 441 See Ca.Sū.20.15 and 18. 442 See, e.g., Aṣṭāṅgasamgraha (Sū.20.10–11), Bhāvaprakāśa (cikitsā 24.4–16), Kāśyapasamhitā (Sū.27.34–37 and 41–43), Śārṅgadharasamhitā (I.7.115cd–121 and 122–125ab). 443 Cf. Su.Sū.15.32–36. See A. Chattopadhyay (1995d): 157–164. 444 See: A. Chattopadhyay (1969), (1995d): 150–157; S.P. Gupta (1977): 488–492; G.J. Meulenbeld (1997): 210. 445 Compare Ca.Sū.21.39–43 and Sū.Śā.4.48, 21.39–51 and Su.Śā.4.38–41, 21.52–54 and Su. Śā.4.43–46, 21.55–57 and Su.Śā.4.42 and 47. See on rules regarding sleep: J.A. Dubois (1947): 249–250. 446 Cf. Su.Śā.4.33–35. 447 See on stambhana: Ś. Dhyānī (1977). 448 See on this subject: P.V. Sharma (1976a) and (1985e): 184; R.H. Singh (1992): 19–28. 449 Snehana and svedana are not discussed, having been dealt with already (Ca.Sū.13 and 14). 450 See on śuddha in general and the importance of purity in Indian culture: A. Hiltebeitel (1985); T.N. Madan (1985). 451 Some of these disorders (mukhapāka, gurugātratā, śiroruj, tandrā) are also found in the lists of Ca.Sū.20. Compare the enumeration of raktaja disorders at Ca.Sū.28.11b–13c. Cf. Su.Sū.24.9. 452 Cakra points out that blood cannot cause diseases independently of the doṣas. 453 Pure blood has the hue of tapanīya (red gold according to Cakra), the indragopa, a padma (lotus flower), ālakta (lac), and a guñjā seed. 454 Mada, caused by soma, is an appreciated state of mind in the Ṛgveda (see R. Geib, 1981). See on mada: G.J. Meulenbeld (1997): 202–203. A demon called Mada is mentioned in the Mahābhārata, Vanaparvan 124.18–25 (ed. Poona). See on this demon: R. Geib (1981). 455 See on mūrchā; S.P. Gupta (1977): 513–515; G.J. Meulenbeld (1997): 203–204. 456 Cf. Su.U.46.3–13. 457 See on samnyāsa: S.P. Gupta (1977): 515–519; G.J. Meulenbeld (1997): 204–205. 458 Cf. Su.U.46.14–20ab. 459 See on this discussion: A. Wezler (1993a). 460 Cf. Ca.Śā.1. 461 See on this kālavāda: D. Chattopadhyaya (1979): 408–409; I. Scheftelowitz (1929); F.O. Schrader (1983): 1–78; O.G. von Wesendonk (1931). 462 See on this discussion: D. Chattopadhyaya (1979); P.V. Sharma (1989a): 26–28.