A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s30.t3.2

v3.c43.s30.t3.2

Mention is made of some syndromes unknown from earlier texts, such as a pañcāhasambhava jvara (kāya 1.535–536) and ṣaḍdinodbhava jvara (1.536–537). 1349 Soḍhala incorporated the diseases called vardhma (kāya 35.11–12), snāyuka (kāya 40.41–43) and somaroga (kaumāra 1.63–68). 1350 The disorder called śleṣmapitta may have been described for the first time by Soḍhala (kāya 38.12). 1351 The terms śītalī (kāya 41. 68 and 70) and śītalikā (41.68 and 71–73), used by Soḍhala in his chapter on masūrikā, are among their earliest occurrences. 1352 Remarkable is the fact that Soḍhala regarded blood as a doṣa on the same footing as kapha and pitta, at least in an isolated instance (kāya 19.88). The terms rasendrabhoktar (vājīkaraṇa 125) and sūtasevin (vājīkaraṇa 135) tell in favour of the developed state of rasaśāstra in Soḍhala's times.