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Arjuna (red spot on the white of the eye)

अर्जुन (नेत्ररोग) · अर्जुन

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An eye disease: a single spot on the white of the eye, red like hare's blood.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अर्जुन
Hindi
अर्जुन (नेत्ररोग)
English
Arjuna (red spot on the white 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 single spot on the white, red like the blood of a hare, is called the disease arjuna.

    Chapter 15 · p. 303 · v. 202Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis1

  • Arjuna is listed among the eleven curable blood-born eye diseases.

    Chapter 15 · p. 310 · v. 238Hindi commentaryTraditional description

All references

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

Extraction notes

  • An eye disease, not the arjuna tree (ingredient_arjuna). A footnote on PDF 374 gives the variant reading यथार्श एवं for शशस्य in the verse.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Chapter 15
Extraction tasks
T15
Record id
condition_arjuna