A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s6.18

v3.c42.s6.18

The chapter on grahaṇī refers to the digestive fire as the basis of a person's life span (āyus) and the seat of the prāṇas (Ci.11.1); it enumerates the diseases to which grahaṇīdoṣa may give rise (Ci.11.9–11); the disorders of the digestive fire are also mentioned (Ci.11.12–1). The chapter on mūtrakṛcchra (Ci.12) probably also dealt with mūtrāghāta and aśmarī.²⁰¹ Special types of udara described, apart from the doṣic varieties,²⁰⁰ are dūsyodara (Ci.13.10–15ab),²⁰¹ udakodara (Ci.13.15cd–18ab),²⁰² kṣatodara (Ci.13. 18cd–21ab),²⁰³ baddhodara (Ci.13.21cd–25ab),²⁰⁴ and plīhodara (Ci.13.25cd–26).²⁰⁵ The Bhelasaṃhitā fails to mention of the special types of visarpa, caused by a combination of two doṣas (Ci.15).²⁰⁶