A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s30.4

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ical origin of fever (6–9) and its names when occurring in various living beings and even inanimate substances (10–12). The pathogenesis and prodromes of fever are described (13–17), followed by the symptoms and treatment of fevers by one (18–37) and two (38–54) doṣas. A large part of the work is devoted to saṃnipāta fevers. After enumerating the symptoms of saṃnipāta fever in general, and the varieties called abhinyāsa, hataujas and saṃnyāsaka in particular, the therapy of this fever is dealt with (55–68). Two series of thirteen distinct saṃnipāta types follow (70–171 and 172–188). The names and symptoms of the first series, consisting of saṃdhiga, antaka, rugdāha, cittabhrama, karṇaka, kaṇṭhakubja, śītāṅga, tandrika, pralāpaka, raktaṣṭhīvin, bhugnadṛś, abhinyāsa, and jihvaka, are also found in the Bhāvaprakāśa (cikitsā 1.493–505) and Yogaratnākara (160–162), but in a changed order and differently worded; the treatment of each type is separately described after the enumeration of its signs; these verses were incorporated unchanged in the Bhāvaprakāśa. The names and symptoms of the second series, consisting of antadāha, daṇḍapāta, antaka, 1202 kumbhīpāka, proruṇava, pralāpin, eṇīdāha, bhūtahāṣa, ajaghoṣa, hāridra, saṃśoṣin, saṃnyāsa, and yantrāpīḍa, were also included in the Bhāvaprakāśa (cikitsā 1.510–522), though in a changed order. 1203 As the fevers of this second series, called upasaṃnipātas by the commentator, are incurable, the patient is advised to regard Nārāyaṇa and the water of the Ganges as his only refuge (188). 1204