A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c35.44

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362 Next to lightning, sūryoparāga is mentioned. The meaning of this term, translated as Sonnenfinsternis (solar eclipse) by Hilgenberg and Kirfel, but as observation of the rays of the sun by K.R. Srikantha Murthy, is not clear. Indu explains it as grahayoga (a conjunction of planets in general), the Kairalī as sūryagrahana (a solar eclipse). 363 Śivadāsasena remarks that the gold mentioned is powdered gold, killed (mārita) and subjected to puṭa. 364 Compare Suśruta's measures to prevent timira (U.17.48–49). 365 Dealt with in the chapter on the treatment of diseases of the dṛṣṭi in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (U.17). 366 See the comments of Aruṇa, Candranandana, the Kairalī, and Śivadāsa. 367 Cf. Su.U.17.55–56 and 78–81. 368 Anila means slighty dark blue. Nīla is a colour usually attributed to pitta (see Su.U.7.27). Nīlikā is a synonym of timira and liṅganāśa in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (U.7.18ab). 369 These complications are not described in the Suśrutasaṃhitā, but some of their characteristic features are found in the verses on contra-indications for couching (Su.U.17.55–56). 370 Cf. Su.U.17.71. 371 Cf. Su.U.17.57–67, 82–85ab. The Hṛdaya omits the description of the proper instrument (śalākā) (see Su.U.17.82–85ab). 372 Cf. Su.U.17.68–70. 373 Cf. Su.U.17.85cd–86. The Hṛdaya refers to defective puncturing (vedhadoṣa), without describing the technical faults and the disorders resulting (see Su.U.17.72–77). 374 Cf. Su.U.17.87–95. 375 Cf. Su.U.17.96–100. 376 K.R. Srikantha Murthy interprets abhiṣyanda as conjunctivitis. Cf. Su.U.6.6. 377 K.R. Srikantha Murthy interprets adhimantha as glaucoma. Cf. Su.U.6.10. 378 Cf. Su.U.6.12–13. The Hṛdaya does not describe the symptoms of adhimantha in general (see Su.U.6.11). 379 Cf. Su.U.6.23cd–24. Hatādhimantha is always brought about by vāta; other doṣic types are not described. 380 Cf. Su.U.6.27. 381 Cf. Su.U.6.25. The Hṛdaya describes first all the diseases of the whole eye that are caused by vāta. 382 Cf. Su.U.6.7. 383 Cf. Su.U.6.14–15. 384 Cf. Su.U.6.8 and 16–17. 385 Cf. Su.U.6.9 and 18–19. 386 Cf. Su.U.6.10. 387 Cf. Su.U.6.26. This disease is caused by vāta according to Suśruta (U.1.30cd–31ab). 388 Cf. Su.U.6.21–22. This disease (saṣophanetrakopa) is caused by the three doṣas according to Suśruta (U.1.39–42). 389 Cf. Su.U.6.23ab. Aruṇadatta regards U.15.19cd as belonging to the description of akṣipākātyaya, but Candranandana, Indu, the Kairalī and Śivadāsa agree in acknowledging alpaśopha as a distinct entity. 390 Compare Su.U.1.39 and 5.9cd–10ab, where it is a disease affecting the black part of the eye. K.R. Srikantha Murthy interprets akṣipākātyaya as white scar tissue. 391 Cf. Su.U.6.28 (called amlādhyuṣita).