Scientific Contents in Prakrta Canons

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Medical Sciences in Jaina Canons : 535
of diseases have gone enormous. Table 1 : Names of Diseases in Jaina Canons. 1. Goiter (Gandamāla ) 2. Leprosy (Kuştha, 18 types ) 3. Tuberculosis (Rājayakşmā ) 4. Epilepsy (Apasmāra )
Blindness or 1-eyedness (Kannika ) 6. Stiffness in parts (Stimitatva ) 7. Lameness (Kunitva ) 8. Hump-backedness (Kubjitva ) 9. Fatness or Dropsy (Udari ) 10. Dumbness (Mūkatā ) 11. Swelling (Sotha ) 12. Over-apatite (Bhasmaka ) 13. Trembling (Kampana Vāta ) 14. Dis-ablement (Prşta-sarpi ) 15. Elephantitis (Slipada ) 16. Diabetes (Madhumeha ) 17. Infectious/Contact Diseases ( Sparsa Roga ) 18. Fatal Diseases (Ātarki Roga ) 19. Asthma (Svāsa ) 20. Cough & Whooping Cough (Kāsa ) 21. Fever ( Jvara ) 22. Inflammatory Fever (Dāha-jvara ) 23. Intestinal/belly ache (Kukşiśūla ) 24. Fistula (Bhagandara ) 25. Piles (Arsa ) 26. Paralysis (Dhanurgraha ) 27. Flatulence, gastric (Udara Vāta ) 28. Indigestion (Ajirņa ) 29. Headache, Head cholic (Mastakaśūla ) 30. Eye-Colic (Aksi-vedana ). 33. Itching and scabbies (Kandū ) 34. Apatite Loss (Aruci ) 35. Uterus Colic ( Yoniśūla )