Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

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

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Nadivijnanain contains only one line of the original verse describing the conditions of the pulse of Panduroga (Jaundice) as follows :
पाण्डौ तु केवलं नाड़ी कृशा भिन्ना प्रचारिणी || NV. 12
In regard to Raktapittaroga (derangement of blood produced by bile) the movement of the pulse of Raktapitta case is explained by Nadiprakasam as noted below :
रक्तपित्ताद् वहेन्नाड़ी मन्दा च कठिना तथा ।
असृगूर्व स्रवेदुष्णा गुर्वी सा च यवीयसी ।। NP., 29.3 The original version of the line of this verse in Nadivijnanam, verse 13, is almost the same except one additional point "मृदुः"
रक्तपित्ताद् बहेन्नाड़ी मन्दा च कठिना मृदुः ।। NV. 13
Sir Sankara Sen has added one additional line to the original verse to clarify the conditions of the pulse in the case of Raktpitta disease.
Nadiprakasam describes the nature of the pulse in cough in details as given below :
कासे सूक्ष्मा स्थिरा मन्दा पुष्टा च उष्णतान्विता । राजहंसगतिश्चैव नाड़ीनामुपजायते ।। यथा राहुगतश्चन्द्रः कम्पितः किल सर्वदा । तथा कासगता नाड़ी स्थिरा न हि कदाचन ।। NP.40.3
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