A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s18.6

v3.c42.s18.6

The disorder called śūkaradamṣṭraka52 was added by Mādhava to the group of kṣudrarogas. The Mādhavanidāna describes seventy-eight eye diseases, as opposed to the seventy-six of the Suśrutasamhitā, by adding two diseases of the eyelashes, called kuñcana53 and pakṣmaśāta.54 Śrīkaṇṭhadatta claims in his comments that kuñcana was borrowed from some other treatise, while pakṣmaśāta55 is equated by this commentator with kṛcchronmīla of Vāgbhaṭa (A.h.U.8.3–4 = A.s.U.11.4–5).56 The short chapter of four verses on yonikanda may have been composed by Mādhava. This disease, especially prevalent in elder women according to Śrīkaṇṭhadatta in his comments, probably corresponds to a prolapse of the vagina or uterus.57