A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.56

v4.c57.56

132 Hoernle says in his note that khaḍa is not mentioned in any dictionary; he takes it to be synonymous with khallī and to be acute gout or some other kind of rheumatic complaint; in his Sanskrit index he adds that it is possibly the same as khaṭaka (= kubjitapāṇi), a crooked hand. Khaḍa may be the vāta disease located in the ankles (khaḍuka), which is called vātaṅkaṭaka (see, for example, Su.Ni.1.79 and the comments by Gayadāsa and Ḍalhaṇa; see also Ca.Ci.28.73 and Cakrapāṇidatta's comment on the term khuḍavātātā; Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 22.61cd–62ab), or it may be vātarakta, which is also called khuḍa because it affects the ankles (Cakrapāṇidatta ad Ca.Ci.29.11; A.h.Ni.16.4; A.s.Ni.16.5; Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu, miśraka 285). Khallī is yet another vāta disease, different from khuḍa (see Ca.Sū.14.23 and 28.21, Ci.28.57; Su.Ni.1.75; Śrīkaṇṭhadatta ad Siddhayoga 6.61), and regarded as identical with viśvācī (Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 22.57cd–58ab).