Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

§ ‘Vitatya’ is slackening or separating, or disjoining. Sometimes, by the action of the wind, the ends or extremities of the ribs seem to be slackened. ‘Stimitasya’ implies ‘of one whose body has been paralysed or become heavy and stupefied.’ — T.

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

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If the wind, obstructing the navel, the upper part of the pubic region, urine, and stools, causes excruciating pain, it succeeds in. carrying off the person soon.* 11

That man whose groins seem to be pierced in all directions itr consequence of pains generated by obstructed wind, whose stools become liquid, and who feels a keen thirst for drink, casts off his life very soon. 12

One whose body seems to be overwhelmed by (vitiated) wind, whose stools become liquid, and who feels a keen thirst for drink,, casts off his life very soon. :3

That person whose body shows dropsical swellings in conse¬ quence of dropsy brought about by vitiated wind, whose stools become liquid, and who feels a keen thirst for drink, casts off his life very soon. J4

He who feels cutting pains in his ‘amagaya,’ who feels a keen thirst for drink, and who is afflicted with excruciating pains in the rectum, casts off his life soon.f rS

If the wind, staying in the ‘Pakkagaya,’ deprives a person of consciousness and generates a gurgling sound in the throat, it car¬ ries him off very soon. 16

Of a person whose death is very near, the following are the symptoms that manifest themselves : the teeth appear to be laved with mud : the mouth seems to be laved with lime powder ; the body perspires copiously.^ *7

A patient quickly casts off his life-breaths if he is afflicted by these symptoms, viz., thirst, difficulty of breath, head-ache (and other complaints in the head), swoons, weakness, and cooing of the throat, and liquid motions. 18

* The correct reading, as indicated by Chakrapani, is ‘vastigirsham’, meaning the head or upper part of the ‘ vasti’ or pubic region. The Bengali translators, following the incorrect reading of Gangadhara, take ‘vasti’ and ‘girah’ (changed into ‘giro’) separate¬ ly, waning ‘vasti’ and the head. The action of the wind in the lower regions of the ■body is being spoken of. Hence, the absurdity of reading ‘girah’ independently, imply¬ ing the head. — T.

+ That part of the stomach into which the food is received after deglutition is called ‘amagaya.’ The other part, in which digestion is carried on, is called ‘pakkagaya.’— T.

j ‘Sipra’ is the name of a river. Hence, as Chakrapani explains, ‘Siprayante’ means ‘resembles the Sipra’, i. e., perspires copiously. The word is sometimes used to signify horripilation. Chakrapani gves some other meainngs. It seems, however, that copious perspiration is what is intended. T.

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CHA RAICA - SAM HIT A.

(Here occurs a verse.)

That physician who is conversant with these indications be¬ comes acquainted with the (period of) fife and the (approach of) death of human beings. r9

Thus ends Lesson X, called ‘Sadyo-maraniyam,’ in the Division called Tndriya,’ of the treatise of Agnive^a, as revised by Charaka.

LESSON XL

We shall now expound the Lesson called ‘Anu-jyotiyam in the Division called ‘ Indriya.’

Thus said the illustrious; son of Atri.* 1

That man whose digestive fire is weakened, who is incapable of concentrating his mind on one object (for any length of time), the splendour of whose body has became dimmed, who is always cheerless of mind, and who- fails to derive pleasure from anything, departs from this world for the next within a. year.-j- 2

When the offerings (of food) duly presented by a person; are not eaten by those animals which, subsist, upon such, offerings, such ■person, repairing to the next world within, a year, himself subsists upon the rice-balls (presented by his nearest of kin).j 3

* This Lesson is- named, as the previous ones, after the first two words, of the first t ‘Anujyoti’ is explained by Chakrapani as ‘of weakened fire or energy as regards tire entire body.’ In view, however, of the subsequent adjectives, he takes it as implying '“of weakened digestive fire.’— T.