Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Loss of consciousness or swoon, is each of four varieties. They are exactly the same as in the case of Apasmara or Epilepsy above ; ( that is; i. those born of the wind, 2. those born of the bile, 3. those born of the phlegm, and 4. those born of all the faults together).25

£osha or Phthisis is of four varieties. They are 1 . that borrt of acts of temerity or rashness, 2. that born of suppressing the urgings of nature, 3. that born of waste ( of tissues and other elements), and 4. that born of taking food made of disagreeing ingredients*28

Loss of virility is of four kinds. They are i. that born of some physical obstruction to the emission of the semen, 2. that born of the absence of erection, 3. that born of decrepitude or old age, and 4. that born of the decrease or attenuation of the semen.27

£otha or Inflammation is of three kinds. They are 1. that born of the wind, 2. that born of the bile, and 3. that born of the phlegm.28

Kilasa or Leucoderma is of three kinds. They are 1. that which presents a red color, 2. that which ptesents a coppery color, and 3. that which presents a white color.2®

Lohita-pitta (or Rakta-pitta >, z. e., Hemorrhage, is of three kinds. They are 1. that which affects the upper part of the body and in which the discharge takes place through the upper organs, 2. that which affects the lower parts of the body and in which the discharge is downward, and 3. that which affects both the parts of the body and in .which the discharge is both upward aud down¬ ward.30

Fever is of two kinds. They are 1. that which arises from Cold and in which the patient expresses a desire for hot or warm things, and 2. that which arises from heat and in which the patient expresses a desire for cold or cooling things.31

Vradhna or Abscess is of two kinds. They are i. that which is constitutional, and 2. that which is caused by adventitious cir¬ cumstances (such as wounds, touch of poisonous plants, or bites of poisonous worms, &c.)32

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PART VIII.

CHARAKA-SAMHITA

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CHA RAKA-SAM H IT A.

p. 217

Ayama or Tetanus is of two kinds. They are i. External and 2. Internal.3-8

Gridhrasi or Sciatica is of two kinds. They are i. that born of wind, and 2. that born of wind and phlegm.34

Kamala or aggravated Jaundice is of two kinds. They are i. that which affects a Koshtha or any viscus (such as heart, lungs, stomach, bowels, &c.,) and 2. that which affects any' duct leading from a viscus.35

Diseases of the Ama or stomach are of two kinds. They are i. Alasaka or Tympanites, and 2. Visuchi or Visuchika, i. e., Cholera.38

Vata-rakta (Leprosy) is of two kinds. They are i. Gambhira or deep, and 2. Uttana or supercial.*37

Piles are of two kinds. They are i. Dry, and 2. Wet.38

Urustambha (paralysis or Rheumatism of the thigh) is of one kind. It arises from the three faults together affecting the abdominal region.39