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338 Compare Su.Ni.12.10, 13 and Ci.19.60–69 (treatment). 339 Compare Su.Ni.13.14 (jālagardabha) and Su.Ci.20.7–8 (treatment). 340 Compare Ca.Ci.13.9–15, 20 and Su.Ni.7.5–7ab. 341 Cf. Su.Ni.7.7cd–8ab. 342 See Cakra's comments. 343 Compare Ca.Ci.13.21 and Su.Ni.7.24. 344 Cf. Ca.Sū.19.4; Su.Ni.7.4. 345 Cf. Su.Ni.7.8cd–9ab. 346 Cf. Su.Ni.7.9cd–10ab. 347 Cf. Su.Ni.7.10cd–11ab. 348 Cf. Su.Ni.7.11cd–14a. 349 Two varieties of plīhodara are described: caused by displacement (cyuti) of the spleen (plīhan) and by increase in the quantity of blood, due in its turn to increase of rasa. The first variety is of four types (by vāta, pitta, kapha, sannipāta) according to Cakra, which results in a number of five disorders of the spleen (plīhadoṣa), in agreement with Ca.Sū.19.4. The spleen is said to become hard like an aṣṭhilā, which is, according to Cakra, a round mass (granthi) of iron, known to blacksmiths (lohakāra). Cf. Su.Ni.7.14b–16ab. See on splenomegaly in India: M.N. De (1932); T.B. Menon (1934). See on disorders of the spleen in Graeco-Roman medicine: E.D. Baumann (1928a). 350 See on diseases of the liver in India: N. Chevers (1886): 604–658; Ch. Morehead (1860): 321–431. Hydatid disease, which may affect the liver, is common in particular parts of India, especially Andhra Pradesh (see M.J. Joshi and C.D. Deshpande, 1972: 11–12). Cf. Su.Ni.7.16cd. Diseases of the liver are rarely mentioned in āyurvedic texts, whereas they are much more important, as well as the organ itself, in Graeco-Roman medicine (see E.D. Baumann, 1931). 351 The same as baddhodara, caused by intestinal obstruction, for example by antrasammūrcana (Gulabkunverba: volvulus; R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash, P.V. Sharma: intussusception). 352 Cf. Su.Ni.7.17–19a. 353 The same as kṣatodara (Cakra ad 13.42–44). Perforative peritonitis (Gulabkunverba); acute abdominal swelling caused by intestinal perforation (R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash); perforative abdomen (P.V. Sharma). Cf. Su.Ni.7.19b–21a. 354 Also called dakodara (Cakra ad Ca.Ci.13.42–44). 355 Cf. Su.Ni.7.21b–23. See on dropsy (often occurring in beri-beri, and also frequently resulting from chronic malaria) and epidemic dropsy in India: K.A.V.R. Krishnamachari and K. Satyanarayana (1972); R.B. Lal et al. (1939), (1940), (1941); R.B. Lal and A.C. Das Gupta (1941), (1942); R.B. Lal and S.C. Roy (1937), (1939); Ch. Morehead (1860): 704–715; S.P. Mukherji, R.B. Lal and K.B.L. Mathur (1941); H.H. Scott (1942): 879–911. See on ascites in Graeco-Roman medicine: E.D. Baumann (1933a). 356 Ajātodara and jātodara, before and after the accumulation of a slimy fluid (picchā) in the abdominal cavity (see Cakra's comments). See on picchā: Cakra ad Ca.Sū.14.46 and 20.8. 357 Cakra: incurable through ordinary modes of treatment, but curable by means of the administration of poisonous substances and surgery (śastrapraṇidhāna). 358 The same as chidrodara. 359 Cakra points to exceptions to these rules. Cf. Su.Ni.7.25; Ci.14.3.