A dreadful disease of the black circle of the eye: a red, very painful growth that breaks through it and discharges blood-like fluid; listed as incurable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अजकअजकजात
- Hindi
- अजकभाजकअजकजात
- English
- Ajaka (growth breaking through the black of the eye)
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Signs and symptoms1
A red growth shaped like the back of a lotus seed, with intense needle-like pricking pain, arises by tearing the black circle and grows, and red fluid like blood falls from it; this dreadful eye disease is called ajaka or ajakajata.
Prognosis1
Ajakajata is listed among the four incurable blood-born eye diseases.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 6 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 304Chapter 15×4कल्याणकारके / शिरोरोगाधिकार: 304 अजक लक्षण वराटपृष्ठप्रतिमोःतितोदन:। सरक्तवर्णो रूधिरोपमद्रव:॥ स …
- Book page 310Chapter 15… : रक्त से उत्पन्न रोगों मेें, इक्षगत रक्तार्श, सव्रणशुल्क, रक्त स्राव अजकजात ये चार रोग असाध्य होते हैं। रक्तज काच यह एक याप्य है। रक्ताभिष्यंद, र …
- Book page 313Chapter 15… निमेष, गम्भीरिका और वातहतवत्र्म) रोग, रक्त से उत्पन्न चार (रक्तस्राव, अजकजात, शोणितार्श, सव्रणशुक) रोग, सिन्नपातज चार ( पूयस्राव, नकुलांध्य इक्षपा …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse compares the shape to वराटपृष्ठ; the commentary says the back of a lotus seed. A footnote gives the variant reading समाजकारुयो.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- condition_ajaka