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*W. Moore (1880); Ch. Morehead (1860); M.F. Siddiqi (1971); *W. Twining (1832). 16 See Cakra's comments. 17 Cf. Su.U.39.8. 18 Cf. Ca.Ci.3. As in other ancient medical systems (see P.E. Burke, 1996: 2258), the āyurvedic concept of fever is imprecise. See on fevers in āyurveda: A.Roy (1929). The Vedic term for fever is takman; see on takman: J. Filliozat (1975): 96–101; J.V. Grohmann (1865); V.W. Karambelkar (1961): 278–291; R.F.G. Müller (1937); N.J. Shende (n.d.): 173–174; H. Zimmer (1879): 379–384; K.G. Zysk (1983), (1985). See on the medical interpretation of the fevers mentioned: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 613–617. See on fevers in India: Ch. Morehead (1860). 19 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.27cd; Su.U.39.14cd–15ab. 20 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.89d–109ab; Su.U.39.19cd–22, 29–38c. See on identifications of various doṣic fevers in contemporary āyurveda: A. Roy (1929): 51. 21 See on the concept of abhighāta (impact) in Indian philosophical thought: S.N. Sen (1966). 22 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.32–35. 23 The prodromes follow upon the symptoms (see Cakra's comments ad 1.15), not only in this chapter, but also in other chapters of the Nidānasthāna. Compare on the prodromes of fever: Ca.Ci.3.28–29; Su.U.39.25–28. 24 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.14b–25; Bhela Ci.1.1–2; Su.U.39.9. 25 See on its interpretation: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 627–628. Cf. Ca.Ci.4. 26 See Cakra's comments on the meaning of the term raktapitta. Compare Ca.Ni.2.4 and Su. U.45.3–4. 27 Cf. Su.U.45.7cd–8ab. 28 Cakra explains why the complications of raktapitta are mentioned, whereas those of fever are not described. See on the term upadrava: Ca.Ci.21.40 and Cakra's comments. Cf. Su.U.45.9. R. Desāī (1982: 534) objects, rightly, against the translation of upadrava by complication and stresses the differences between the two terms; the alternative, therefore, would be to leave the term untranslated. 29 Cf. Su.U.45.5–6ab and 8cd. 30 Cf. Ca.Ni.8.11. 31 Compare Ca.Ni.2.9 and Su.U.45.7ab, 2.24–26 and Su.U.45.10. 32 Cf. Ca.Ci.5; Bhela Ni.3 and Ci.5. S.N. Mishra (1973–74) claims that gulma represents three diagnostic categories of western medicine: chronic appendicitis, chronic partial intestinal obstruction, and Kock's abdomen. 33 Cf. Bhela Ni.3.1. 34 Vedanā is unusual in this enumeration of elements belonging to nidāna in its broad sense; see Cakra's comments. See on vedanā: P.V. Sharma (1984d); F. Zimmermann (1995): 92–93. 35 The samprāpti is not separately described; see Cakra's comments ad 3.4–5. See Ca.Ci.5.6–7 on the samprāpti of gulma. Cf. Ca.Ci.5.8cd–17; Bhela Ni.3.2–21ab; Su.U.42.3–7ab, 10–13ab. 36 It occurs in both females and males according to Suśruta (U.42.7cd–8ab). K.S. Mhaskar (1933: 182) says that raktagulma comprises many different disorders: ectopic gestation, blood mole, carnous mole, fibroma, fibromyoma, myoma, benign or malignant growths, and ovarian tumours. 37 Cf. Ca.Ci.5.18–19; Bhela Ni.3.21cd–28ab; Su.U.42.13cd–15. See K.S. Mhaskar (1933): 182–184.