A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.370

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84 Śoṣa is often translated by consumption (Gulabkunverba; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash) or phthisis (P.V. Sharma). Haemoptysis (Ca.Ni.6.4 and 8: śoṇitam ṣṭhīvati; 6.14: śoṇitaṣṭhīvana) is one of its symptoms. See on the interpretation of śoṣa and rājayakṣman: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 628–629.