A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.358
A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.358
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199 Regarded as scabies by N. Saxena (1995: 125). Cf. Bhela Ci.6.24ab; Su.Ni.5.14cd. Pāman is the name of a skin disease, probably scabies, in the Atharvaveda (5.22.12) and later Vedic texts (Chāndogyopaniṣad 4.1.8); the same term occurs, with the same meaning, in Iranian languages (see: R.E. Emmerick, 1984b: 95 and 1986a: 185; J. Filliozat, 1975: 43–44).
Linked texts (4)
- Bheḷasaṃhitā — Bheḷa, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit
- Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit