A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.145

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The characteristics of the normal pulses of pitta, kapha and vāta (6–7). Characteristics of abnormal pulses of vāta, kapha and pitta (8). An abnormal condition (vakragati) of the three pulses indicates disease, a normal (sama) condition health (9). The pulse of kapha is called after Brahmā, that of pitta after Viṣṇu, that of vāta after Īśvara (= Śiva); this is the opinion of Dhanvantari (10). The characteristics of the pulse indicating a disorder of vāta and pitta (11), pitta and vāta (12), 102 kapha and pitta (13), pitta and kapha (14), kapha and vāta (15), vāta and kapha (16). The characteristics of the