A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s3.t2.1

v3.c43.s3.t2.1

Noteworthy terms and features of the Haramekhala and its commentary in the field of nosology are: jhiṇijhiṇiṭā (jhiṇijhiṇikā; 12.15),³³⁸ a disorder explained as suptapādatā (numb feet); the use of the term lūā (lūā; 2.19–20), probably in the sense of inflamed sore; uppiāsa (4.11), explained as a synonym of the disease called dāruṇa, characterized by tvakcaṭana, i.e., cracking of the skin; dāruṇa (dāruṇaka; 4.13) is said to be a disease of the skin of the head and to be the same as uppiāsa; arūsiā (arūṃśikā; 4.16) is said to consist of small pustules; the description of head lice (4.18); pūiroa (pūtiroga; 4.35), the same as karṇasrāva; añjanaguḷi (añjanaguḷikā; 4.66) as a synonym of an eye disease called añjanapiṭakā; khuṃkhuṇaasoṇia (4.70) as designating a nosebleed (nāsikāsirāśoṇita); avvaradigubbhavaghunadantā (aparadigubhavaghaṇadantaka; 4.86); gaṇḍāpaci as a synonym of gaṇḍamālā (4.105); caraṇadadru (caraṇadadru; 4.129), a disease of the skin of the feet; khasarāi (khasarāṇi; 4.130) as a skin disease; dubbhita (durbhita; 4.140) as a synonym of sidhma; rāāmanda (rājamanda; 4.161) as a synonym of rājayakṣman, also called nrpavyādhi; the presence of pariṇāmaśūla (4.166); a variety of śarkarā, called aṭṭaṇḍasakkara (atyaṇḍaśarkarā; 4.180–181); galagaṇḍa as a synonym of gaṇḍamālāpaci (4.182); the term kuraṇḍa (4.186–188), used to designate a swelling of one or both testicles (aṇḍa- or vṛṣaṇavṛddhi); ramhaṇīvāa (raṃhaṇīvāta; 4.228–229) as a synonym of ūrustambha;³³⁹ a disease of the skin of the legs called rattamaṇḍala (raktamaṇḍala; 4.255); the description of keloid, vaṇakiṇagaṇṭhī (vraṇakiṇagranthi; 4.259); a disease of the skin called kīḍapiḍā (kīṭapiḍakā; 4.302); the mention of jvālāgardabha and jālagardabha as synonyms (4.304); the presence of śialia (śītalikā; 4.305–306), put on a par with visphoṭa; the mention of an epidemic form (upasargaja) of this disease (4.306); mahāruhira (mahārudhira; 4.310–311) and atirajas (4.310 and 312) as synonyms of pradara; a disease of the female breasts called thaṇakīkaḍa (stanakīkaṭa; 4.346); the description of varaṅgavibbhamṣa (varāṅgavibhramśa; 4.350), probably to be equated with prolapsus uteri; a children's disease called vacchāruka (vatsārūṃśi; 4.373), characterized by the presence of parasites on the lesions; the head; khuṃkhuṇiā (khuṃkhuṇikā; 4.374) as a synonym of kukkuṇaka; a children's disease called mutthai (mustaki; 4.374), in which small pustules arise on the interior of the eyelids; a disease of horses and mules called variphoḍa (vārisphoṭa; 4.411), characterized by blisters.