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Conditionरोग

Worms in the ear (krimikarna)

कान में कीड़े · कृमिकर्ण

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Ear disease in which very dreadful worms arise in the ear.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
कृमिकर्णक्रिमिकर्णक
Hindi
कान में कीड़े
English
Worms in the ear (krimikarna)

What the text says

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Definition1

  • The disease in which very dreadful worms arise in the ear is called krimikarnaka.

    Chapter 15 · p. 262 · v. 14Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Questions and answers

How is dipika oil prepared according to the footnote on verse 24?

A stick of bilva, shyonaka, patala, gambhari or agnimantha (one or all five) is wrapped in cloth over three parts, soaked in oil and lit like a wick held tip down; the oil dripping into a vessel below is dipika oil.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

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

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
2
Chapters
Chapter 15
Extraction tasks
T13
Record id
condition_krimikarna