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heat in his body, and if it is not in the case of feeling coldness in his body, then there will take place the death of that patient whose pulse makes different kinds of movement.
The pulse of a patient, which is running inside at the base of his thumb finger cause trouble and is moving as faltering slowly, reveals the symptoms of his death.
Verses 39-57 predict the times of deaths of patients as indicated by the movements of their respective pulses. For example, if the pulse of a patient becomes madhyarekha, i.e. moves outside the base of his thumb finger at a distance of two fingers, his death will take place after prahara.
If the pulse of a patient is weak and smooth like (the body of) an earth worm and moves like it, sometimes, if it is fully developed like the body of a snake and moves with great speed crookedly, sometimes if it becomes feeble according to the wasting of his body, his death will take place at the end of one month.
Verses 58-61 deal with the longevity of a person as indicated by the movement of his pulse. For example, if Vamanadi (the pulse of the left hand) of a person, having svalparekha (a few lines), is examined at the root of his hanu (Cheek), there is no doubt here that his life is more than five years.
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