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148 Interpreted by Hoernle as paraplegia, or paralysis spinalis of the lower part. More probably, it is the same as the well-known disease called ūrustambha (see, for example, Su.Ci. 5.31–33ab). Ūruskambha is a term already found in the Maitrāyaṇisamhitā (1.10.14) (see K. Hoffmann, 1986).