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The Eleventh Anga
[I. Lect. 1.
Then that governor Ikkai, who was doing such things, who was intent upon things of this type, who was possessed of (evil) knowledge of doing such things, and who was possessed of such a conduct used to perform very sinful and wicked actions. Then at a certain time sixteen diseases simultaneously attacked the body of that governor Ikkāî. They are as follows:-1. asthma, 2. cough, 3. fever, 4. inflamation (or burning sensation in the body), 5. stomach-ache, 6. fistula, 7. piles, 8. indigestion, 9. blindness, 10. headache, 11. loss of appetite, 12. eyesore, 13. pain of the ear, 14. itching, 15. dropsy, and 16. leprosy.1
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Then that governor Ikkai, who was suffering from the sixteen diseases, sent for his family members and having done so he spoke to them thus: "Oh, you beloved of the gods! go and proclaim aloud in the meeting places (squares), places where three roads meet, squares, forums and high-roads thus : "Oh, you beloved of the gods! here sixteen diseases have attacked the body of the governor Ikkaî. They are as follows:
1 The list of the 16 diseases given here differs considerably from the list given in the Acharanga Sutra, Adhyayana 6th, Udddes'a first. There the 16. diseases are mentioned as follows:- 1 scrofula, 2 leprosy, 3 consumption, 4 epilepsy, 5 blindness, 6 stiffness, 7 lameness, 8 haunch-backedness, 9 dropsy, 10 dumbness, 11 apoplexy, 12 eating too much and digesting without adding to strength, 13 tremour, 14 crippleness, 15 elephant-tiasis and 16 diabetes.
