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Principleसिद्धांत

Contagion (sankramana)

संक्रमण

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
संक्रमण
Hindi
संक्रमणछूत
English
Contagion (sankramana)

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Causes1

  • The text says swelling, kushtha, fever, eye diseases and calamity-born pox pass quickly from one person to another through touching the patient's body, living near him and eating food he has touched.

    Chapter 18 · p. 389 · v. 63Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 7 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How, according to the text, do pox and some other diseases pass from person to person?

Through touching the patient's body, living near him and eating food he has touched.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
6
Chapters
Chapter 18
Extraction tasks
T19
Record id
concept_sankramana