An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. III: Uttara-tantra — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1916)
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coldness of the atmosphere (and a general cooling of the Earth’s surface)* * * § is called Hrasva-jfifoyat. 21.
The form of occular affection in which the colour of Drishti (pupil) of a man affected by the DoshaS resembles (and is found to emit (luminous) flashes like) that of a mungoose in consequence of which the external objects appear multi-coloured in the day time, t is called Nakulsfadhya. The form of occular affection due to the action of the deranged Viyu, and in which the Drishti (pupil) is contracted and deformed and sinks into the socket, attended with an extreme pain in the affected parts, is called Gambhiriktf. 22-23.
Besides the above, there are two more forms of Linga-usfo'a of traumatic origin, via., Sa-nimitta (of ascertainable origin) and A-nimitta (without any manifest or ascertainable cause). Under the first group may be arranged those which are produced by such causes as an over-heated § condition of the head (brain, etc.), and marked by the specific symptoms of (blood-origined) Abhishyanda, while the second comprises those in which the loss of one’s vision is due to causes, such as the witnessing of divine halo or effulgence emanating from the ethereal person of a god, or a Gandharva (demigod), a holy saint, a celestial serpent, or such other t Some read Hrasva-jadya in place of Hrasva-jatya.
* The latter part of the text here seems to be incongruous. Madhava does not read the last line in his Niddna, nor does Dallana include it in his commentary. Dallana, on the othei hand, says that some read this line, but holds, on the authorityof Videha, that the reading is incongruous, in as much as “Hrasva-j£tya” is said to cause one of the four types of night-blindness.
t This shows that a man affected with this form of disease cannot see anything in the night.
§ The head is liable to be over-heated by the smelling of poison or poisonous objects or any other strong-scented flower, etc.
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highly bright object. In this case the eye is not outwardly affected and the pupil (Drishti) looks as bright and clear as a Vaidfirya gem, while in the former case (of ascertainable origin) the eye is characterised by a sunken or pierced or impaired aspect of the pupil. 24.
We have thus finished describing separately the diagnostic traits of the seventy-six forms of disease which affect the organ of vision. We shall hereafter separately deal with the nature of the medical treatment to be pursued in each case. 25.
Thus ends the seventh chapter of the U ttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta Samhita which treats of the pathology of the diseases peculiar to the pupil of the eye.
CHAPTER YIH.
Now we shall discourse on the chapter which deals with the classification of occular affection according to the different modes of treatment (Netra-RogaChikitsA-Vibhaga-ViJnaniya). i.
Classification : — We have already described the names and symptoms of the seventy-six kinds of eye disease. We shall now briefly and severally deal with the nature of treatment to be pursued in them. Of these seventy-six kinds eleven should be treated with incision operations (Chhedya), nine with scarification (Lekhya), five with excision (Bhedya), fifteen with venesection (Vysfdhya) ; twelve cases should not be operated upon and seven admit only of palliative measures (Yrfpya), while fifteen should be given up by an experienced physician (Ophthalmic surgeon) as incurable. The two kinds of eye-disease of traumatic origin should be likewise held as incurable or admitting only of palliative measures at the best. 2.
Names of the Chhedya and Lekhya eye-diseases : — Diseases which should be treated with incision are Ars’o-vartma, Sushk areas, Arvuda, SiraPidakci, Sir 4 .-jS.la, the five types of Arman*, and Parvaniki (thus numbering eleven in all). Diseases in which scarification should be resorted to (numbering seven in all) are Utsangini, Bahala-vartma, Kardamavartma, Syiva-vartma, Vaddha-vartma, Klishta-vartma, Pothaki, Kumbhikini, and Sarkari-vartma. 3-4.
Names of Bhedya and VysCdhya eyediseases S — Optical diseases in which the affected
* Sec Chapter IV, para 2, Utlara-Tantara.
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