Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

From excessive emaciation brought about by enlarged spleen, or piles, or ailments of the ‘Grahani’ (lienteric dysentery) ; or

From injudicious administration of purgatives and the rest ;f

From neglect to treat the diseases that afflict the system ; or

From dryness of the system, or suppression of the urgings of nature ; or

From vitiation of the ducts, or the accumulation of undigested food in the stomach, or cheerlessness of both body and mind, or gorging the stomach (with such things as curds and the rest) ; or

From suppression of stools caused by piles ;J or

From wounds inflicted on the intestines (by fishbones and other things of the kind),

* ‘Samsarjjana’ is explained as meaning the taking of food and drink after the adminis¬ tration of correctives. — T.

t ‘Karma’ implies the five kinds of ‘karma’ or treatment, that is, the administration of purgatives, emetics, errhines, and enemataof the dry and the oily varieties. — T.

+ I follow the reading of the Calcutta and the Bombay editions, which is ‘Arpovali &c.’ Gangadhara reads ‘Arijovala &c.’ If the latter reading is accepted, the sense would be ‘suppression of stools caused by piles and hair (swallowed with food).’ ‘Vali means the fleshy excrescences or growths which appear in the anal canal or its mouth, in piles. — T.

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