Arma is described as a growth or accumulation of flesh on the white of the eye, in five kinds: vistari, shukla, lohita, adhimamsa and snayu.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अर्मअर्मरोग
- Hindi
- अर्मआंख में मांस बढ़ना
- English
- Pterygiumpterygiumarma
- Romanized
- arma
Types described in the text
Vistari (spreading) arma
विस्तारि अर्म
Shuklarma (white arma)
शुक्लार्म
Lohitarma (red arma)
लोहितार्म
Adhimamsarma (excess-flesh arma)
अधिमांसार्म
Snayvarma (sinewy arma)
स्नाय्वर्म
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 symptoms3
A thin, spreading, slightly bluish or reddish growth of flesh on the white is called vistari arma, and a soft, white, slowly growing one is called shuklarma.
Flesh collected on the white that is red like a red lotus petal is lohitarma; thick, widely spread flesh of liver colour is adhimamsarma.
A firm, spread-out growth of flesh on the white that is pervaded by vessels is called snayvarma.
Prognosis2
Shuklarma is counted among the eleven curable kapha-born eye diseases and lohitarma among the eleven curable blood-born ones.
Snayvarma, adhimamsarma and prastaryarma are counted among the nineteen curable eye diseases born of all three doshas.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 302Chapter 15… ला और विस्तृत (फैला हुआ) ऐसा जो माँस का चय (इकट्टा) होवे इसे विस्तारि अर्म रोग कहते हैं। इसी प्रकार शुक्ल भाग में जो मृदु, सफेद और धीरे-धीर‘ बढन …
- Book page 311Chapter 15… ्वणिकामयेन। छेद्या भवंति भिषजा कथिता विकारा:। भावार्थ: पाँच प्रकार के अर्म, शिराजपिडिका, शिराजाल, अर्बुद, शुष्कार्श, अशोवत्र्म, पर्वणी ये ग्यारह …
Questions and answers
Which eye diseases does the text say should be excised?
Eleven: the five kinds of arma, sirajapidaka, sirajala, arbuda, shushkarsha, arsho vartma and parvani.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse names विस्तारि अर्म; the classification list on PDF 383 calls it प्रस्तार्यर्म.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Eye and ENT
- Source pages with records
- 3
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- condition_arma