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420 K.R. Srikantha Murthy: a malignant tumour of the ear. Cf. Su.U.20.3–5 and 16. 421 Not described in Caraka- and Ḍalhaṇa (ad Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā 1.7.145). 422 Not described in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Absent from the Mādhavanidāna. Regarded as identical with unmantha by Ḍalhaṇa (ad Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā 1.7.145, where pippalī is a disease of the earlobes). 423 Not described in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. The Carakasamhitā (Ci.26.127) mentions daraṇa of the ears by pitta. 424 Not described in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Mentioned as one of the karṇapālirogas in the Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā (1.7.145). 425 Not described in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Equated with Suśruta's karṇaveḍa by Ḍalhaṇa (ad Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā 1.7.143). 426 Cf. Su.Ci.25.3cd–4. 427 Cf. Su.Ci.25.6–7ab. 428 Cf. Su.Ci.25.7cd–8. Suśruta does not mention gallira as a synonym. 429 Cf. Su.Ci.25.9. 430 Cf. Su.Ci.25.10–11 (called parilehin). 431 This number is twenty-eight in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (U.20.3–5), with the exclusion of the diseases of the earlobes. 432 Cf. Ca.Ci.26.221; Su.U.21.6–7 and 26–28. Ca.Ci.26.222–230 and Su.U.21.8–25 contain prescriptions against karṇaśūla in general. 433 Cf. Ca.Ci.26.221 and 230. 434 Cf. Su.U.21.29–30. 435 Cf. Su.U.21.6–7, 31–33. 436 Cf. Su.U.21.34ab. 437 Cf. Ca.Ci.26.221, 226–229; Su.U.21.39cd–49ab. 438 Cf. Ca.Ci.26.226–229. 439 Cf. Ca.Ci.26.226–229. 440 Cf. Su.U.21.35cd–39ab. 441 Cf. Su.U.21.4–5. 442 I.e., pain in the ears (less specific than śūla). 443 I.e., a discharge.