Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Disease and all its afflictions disappear ;f Anger and energy are lost ;

Conduct or (disposition) undergoes a thorough change ; Strength flies away ;

The shadow (or reflection) becomes abnormal ;

The brightness of complexion becomes lost ;

The emission takes place of vital seed (without adequate cause) ; The wind moves in an upward direction ;

The flesh becomes wasted ;

The blood also sustains diminution and decay ;

The heat (of the body) disappears ;

The joints become slackened ;

The smells become abnormal

The complexion and the voice suffer a change ;

The body becomes dry ;

The pores of the body are dried up ;

Vapours are generated on the crown of the head ;

Scabs occur on the head, of the kind called ‘Daruna’ ;

Those limbs of the body which were seen to move continuously' become paralyzed and do not move at all ;

* The reading I adopt is ‘khilibhuteva chetana.’ Some texts read ‘kilibhuteva vedana.’ If ‘vedana’ be accepted, it should be taken as implying knowledge, or percep¬ tion, and not pain or agony. — T.

f ‘Papmana’, as explained by Chakrapani, means disease and the pains it brings about. The pains of disease are often seen to disappear a short while before death. This is called ‘the lightning before death.’ — T.

t Gangadhara takes it to mean that the body of the patient produces abnormal smells. I think the sense is that the organ of smell becomes deranged, so that agreeable odours seem disagreable, and vice versa . — T.

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