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STUDIES IN BUDDHIST AND JAINA MONACHISM
vi Rheumatism (angavata) To bring on sweating by
different methods (sedakamma)" vii. Intermittent ague (pabbavata) Letting out of blood (lohita
mocana)? viii. Feet blister (padaphalana) Ointment for the feet (pada
bbhañjana) ix. Boils (gaņdabadha)
Surgical operation (sattha.
kamma)' x. Snake-bite (ahidatthana) Four kinds of filth-dung
(gūtha), urine (mutta), ashes
(charika) & clay (mattika) xi. Poison-drinking (visapana) Dung (g@tha)* xii. Gharadinnakabadha
A decoction of soil turned up
by the plough (sitāloli) xiii. Constipation (dutthagahanika) A decoction of ashes of burnt
rice (amisakhara) xiv. Jaundice (pandurogabadha) A decoction made with cows'
urine (muttaharitaka) 9 xv. Skin-disease (chavidosa badha) Ointing with perfumes
(gandhalepa) 10 xvi. Superfluity of humours (abhi- Use of numerous purgatives sannakāya)
(virecana)11 xvii. Fistula (bhagandalabadha) Ointing (alepana) 12
Moreover, there are diseases like leprosy (kuttha), dry-leprosy (kilasa), consumption (sosa) and fits (apamāra) which are only referred
1. MV, 6. 2. 8, pp. 223f. 2. Ibid, 6. 2. 8, pp. 223f. 3. Ibid, 6. 2. 8, p. 224. 4. Ibid, 6. 2. 8, p. 224. 5. Ibid, 6. 2. 9, pp. 224f. 6. Ibid, 6.2.9, pp. 224. 7. bid, 6. 2. 10; p. 225. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid. 10. Ibid. 1. Ibid. At another place abhisannakāya is followed by buhvābād ha and the
remedies prescribed is the use of cankama (cloister) and jantāghara (bathroom), i. e, walking and hot water bath --CV, 5. 8. 18, p. 208; also Vinaya
Texts (SBE. Vol. XX), p. 103 fn 1-2. 12. Ibid, 8. 3. 6, pp. 290€.
