A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.404

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336 Elephantiasis, caused by filariasis. Ślīpada may be the same as śipada, a word occurring only in the formulas called pāpmano vinidhayaḥ of the Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra (kaṇḍikā 5 of praśna 2) as a disease found among the inhabitants of Videha, and explained by Mahādeva Vājapeyayājin, the author of the Subodhinī, and in an anonymous commentary, as pādavalmīka, which, in its turn, may designate elephantiasis (see E. Brucker, 1980: 81; C.G. Kashikar, 1970: 57).