A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.54

v4.c57.54

130 Interpreted as a certain throat disease, or ulcers in the throat. A disease, called biḍālikā, is mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.12.76) and Bhelasaṃhitā (Ci.4.86; Si.2.2). It is interpreted as Ludwig's angina in the Gulabkunverba translation of the Carakasaṃhitā. Biḍālī is the name of a particular disease and the female demon presiding over it (reckoned among the Yoginīs) in the Harṣacarita (MW).