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time. It was same as slīpada which is known
to us as Elephantiases. (xxi) Simbhiya—Simbhiya (ślaişmika ) was the disease
caused by the derangement of the simbha (phlegm ) element. Kasa ( asthma) and padala (a type of eye-disease ) are mentioned as diseases caused by the same factor.2 Use of the leaves of the nimba tree ( melia azadirachta ) was recommended for the cure
of the deranged phlegm. 3 (xxii) Sūla-Sula was a type of colic pain. It is mentioned
as an atamka. The person affected with this disease
could die immediately. (xxiii) Sūniya--Sūniya was one of the sixteen rogas. It is
sarne as swelling. (xxiv) Timira-In this disease deranged vayu ( air ) covered
the layers of the eyes which resulted into the loss of vision.6 Suśruta also states that in vataja type of timira all external objects are viewed as cloudy, moving,
crooked and red-coloured.? (XXV) Vamana ( Vomitting )-Over-eating or eating impure
food, in which the flies had fallen,' caused the disease
vamana. (xxvi) Vatita—Vatita or vataja diseases were caused by the
derangement of the vata ( air ) element. The person 1. NC. 3, p. 417; NC. 4, p. 340. 2. NO. 3, p. 55. 3. få fūa901-NC. 2, p. 316; Brh. V. 2, p. 323. According to Priya--
vrata Sharma, the nimba pacifies cough and bile (op. cit., pp. 122-23);
hence it must have been used in such diseases. 4. NO. 3, p. 529; Bịh. Vr. 2, p. 322. 5. NC. 3, p. 529. 6. fazafant a coqaleefayah 791Fitui fafhx soufd-NC. 3, p. 55..
Bâna also mentions the persons suffering from this disease as taimirika who were unable in seeing anything--Agrawala, Kadambari: Eka
Sanskrtika Adhya yana, p. 120. 7. Susrutasanhitā, Uttaratantra, VII. 6-7. 8. HfEgil HATIH SEů afa, qaafhete:-NC. 1, p. 92. 9. NO. 3, p. 417; NC. 4, p. 340.
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