Hindu Medicine c5.s3.104

c5.s3.104

Fever, for instance, in Brahmavaivarta-purāṇa (Brahmakhaṇḍa, 16, 24 ff.), is described as the most dreadful and irresistible of all diseases, and the origin of other diseases. It is looked upon as a fierce demon with three heads, three legs, six hands and nine eyes. He appears in a terribly deformed shape. His cruelty of nature is counterbalanced by his devotion to Śiva, the supreme lord of destructive forces, demons and spectres; for this reason he is reckoned a great saint. His father, Indigestion, in turn originates from the three humors.