A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s2.22

v3.c49.s2.22

Special features The account of the origin of mercury (rasotpatti) in chapter one differs from the ver-sions found in other texts. 61 The nine doṣas of mercury described in the Rasakaumudī are: uḍḍīnatva, 62 kauṭilya, anāvarta, 63 saṃkara, ṣaṇḍatva, vahnikāritva, samalatva, gu-rutva, and saviṣa (2.3–4ab). 64 The disorders brought about by these defects are: (1) śūla, (2) kapālaruj, (3) bhramodvega, (4) doṣasamcaya, (5) asaṃtāna (infertility), (6) kuṣṭha, (7) vānti, mūrchā and mahodara, (8) jādya and mūrchā, and (9) gātrakṣaya (2. 4cd–6). The kañcukas are left unmentioned.