Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

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

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सार्धाङगुलगता नाड़ी चञ्चला यदि तिष्ठति ।
प्रहरैस्तिथिसंख्यैश्च मरणं निद्दिशेद् बुधः ।। V, ५४ ।। (54) If the pulse of a person going l} fingers (sarddhangulagata) out exists as restless, the wise man indicates or predicts his death after fifteen praharas.
पादाङ्गुलगता नाड़ी सहसा यदि तिष्ठति । षोडशप्रहरैस्तस्य पञ्चत्वं निर्दिशेद् बुधः ।। V. ५५ ।।
(55) If the pulse of a person, going to the toes of the feet suddenly stops, the wise indicates his death to occur after sixteen praharas.
क्षणाद् गच्छति वेगेन क्षणाद् गच्छति शान्तताम् ।
सप्ताहात् मरणं तस्य यद्यङ्ग शोथवजितम् ॥ V. ५६ ।। (56) If the pulse of a person goes on with acceleration for a moment and stops for a moment, his death will take place after a week, if the body is devoid of oedema (Sothavarjitam).
भूलताभुजगाकारा नाड़ी देहस्य संक्रमात् । विशीर्णे क्षीणता याति मासान्ते मरणं भवेत् ।। V. ५७ ।।
(57) If the pulse of a person is weak and smooth like (the body of) an earth worm and moves like it sometimes it is fully developed like the body of a snake (Bhingakara) and moves with great speed crookedly, sometimes (it) becomes fecble (thiu) according to the wasting or emaciation of the body (visirn) his death will take place at the end of one month.
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