Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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अनिलो याति पित्तस्य पित्तं याति कफालयम् । कफो वा कण्ठमायाति जीवनं तस्य दुर्लभम् ।। V. ३६ ॥
(36) If air (anila) of a person goes to the place of fire or bile (pitta), fire or bile (pitta) goes to the place of phlegm (kaph), or phlegm (kaph) comes to the throat, his life is difficult to be saved.
अनुत्सुका स्थिरा मन्दा दुष्टदुष्टा प्रचारिणी ।
अतिसूक्ष्मातिकुटिला नाड़ी वहति मृत्यवे ।। V. ३७ ।। (37) The pulse of a person which is not restless, or indifferent (anutsuka), motionless (sthira), slow (manda) and tortuous or very bad (dustadusta), inflated or expanded (pracharini), very thin(atisuksma) and crooked (kutila), flows towards (for) death.
नाड़ी मध्यवहाङ्गुष्ठमले सानर्थमुत्सृजेत् ।
शनैरुर्थिगमना मृत्युं सा च प्रकाशते ।। ।। V. ३८ ॥ (38) The pulse of a person which is running inside at the base of the thumb finger creates trouble (anartha) (bad effect) and moving as faltering slowly, reveals or (manifests) death..
अङ्गुष्ठमूलतो बाह्य व्यङ्गुले यदि नाडिका । प्रहरार्द्धाद् बहिर्मृत्युं विजानीयाद्विचक्षणः ।। V. ३६ ॥
(39) If the pulse of a person becomes madhyareka, (central line) i. e. it moves outside the base of the thumb finger at a distance of two fingers, the wise should know his death after praharas.
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