A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.461

v2.c30.461

⁸⁷⁴ A type of yonivyāpad called viplutā is mentioned (30.109); this type is not described in the Carakasamhitā (compare Suśruta's description of viplutā). Disorders are referred to in which the yoni is duḥsthitā (displaced), jihmā (in an abnormal position), saṃvṛtā (closed), niḥsṛtā (prolapsed), vivṛtā (dilated), sthānāpavṛttā (dislodged) (30.43cd-45ab). A (pra)srastā (prolapsed) yoni (P. Tivārī, 1990: 5: utero-vaginal displacement) is mentioned at Ca.Ci.30.112-113; this (pra)srastā yoni is mentioned next to mahāyoni without being identical, although P. Tivārī (1990: 5) regards it as a sign of mahāyoni; compare Suśruta's description of the yonivyāpad called (pra)sramsiṇī at U.38.7 and 13ab; types of yoni called stabdhā (stiffened), karkaśā (rough) and durgandhā (foul-smelling) are mentioned at Ca.Ci.30.123-124. See Jejjata's reading and interpretation of Ca.Ci.30.82: P.V. Sharma's Intr. (XVI) to his ed. and transl. of the Carakasamhitā.