A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s16.t3.76
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s16.t3.76
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v3.c43.s16.t3.76
Chapter fifteen (nakṣatrādijvaraprabheda; thirty verses) deals with the influences of the lunar mansions (nakṣatra) on the outcome of fever (1–5), the four types of kālajvara (raudra = brāhmaṇajvara; māhendra = kṣatriyajvara; īśvara = vaiśyajvara; kālagambhīra = śūdrajvara; 6–18), which can be treated with religious measures only,¹⁵⁶ with the signs of release from fever (19–20ab), the causes of its reappearance (23–26ab), and finally with religious observances which avert all kinds of fever ((26cd–30).