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beats first crookedly, then beats upwards and at last beats slowly, and various types of pain take place in the body. (V. 2)
ज्वररूपमाह
Nature of fever is stated:
ज्वरवेगे च धमनी सोष्णा वेगवती भवेत् ।। V.3 ।।
The pulse becomes hot and speedy in thecase of jvaravega (intensity fever); the pulse becomes hot, if sour thing is taken, but it does not become speedy. It remains hot from the time after sexual enjoyment upto the morning of next day like the flame of a lamp but there is no speed in it. The particularity of the pulse affected by fever is this that heat and speed are felt simultaneously. (V. 3)
ararfasat faðqHIË
The particular symptom or nature in vatadijvara (fever produced by vitiation of bodily humour-vataair, etc.) is stated :
सौम्या सूक्ष्मा स्थिरा मन्दा नाड़ी सहजवातजा । स्थूला च कठिना शीघ्रा स्पन्दते तीव्रमारुते ।। V. 4 ।।
If vatajvara takes place at the time of accumulation of air (in the body), the pulse becomes saumya (soft, not hard), suksama (thin), sthira (steady), i. e. its beating is felt late and late, and manda (very slow), i. e. its beating, though felt, is not clear. At the time of excess or intensity (prakopa) of air if
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