A wound made by a poisoned arrow or weapon, or a wound into which poison has been put.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- दिग्धविद्ध
- Hindi
- दिग्धविद्ध व्रणविषयुक्त व्रण
- English
- Wound from a poisoned weapon (digdhaviddha)
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 symptoms2
On being pierced by an arrow or the like, the wound discharges black blood, is black and burning, and foul-smelling flesh falls away in pieces; this marks a wound from a poisoned weapon.
A wounded person who turns dark, faints, suffers heat and fever while black flesh falls from the wound is said to have poison put into the wound.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verse 113 carries a '(?)' in the source, marking a doubtful reading.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- condition_digdhaviddha