A disease of drishti in which the eyes shine at night like a mongoose's and strange forms are seen by day; listed as incurable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- नकुलान्ध्य
- Hindi
- नकुलान्ध्यनकुलांध्य
- English
- Nakulandhya (mongoose-eye blindness)
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms1
The eyes become bright and shining at night like those of a mongoose, and by day strange forms are seen; this is called nakulandhya.
Prognosis1
Nakulandhya is listed among the four incurable eye diseases born of all three doshas.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 308Chapter 15… ोँ को भी छोटे के समान देखता है अर्थात् उसे बडे पदार्थ छोटे दिखते हैं। नकुलांध्य लक्षण यदा भुवि द्योतितदृष्टिरुजवला। नरस्य रात्राै नकुलस्य दृष्टिवत्। …
- Book page 310Chapter 15… पो। वत्र्मस्थो द्वितयमपीह यापनीयम्॥ 240॥ भावार्थ : त्रिदोषज रोगों में नकुलांध्य, पूयस्राव, नेत्रपाक, अलजि ये चार प्रकार के रोग असाध्य हैं एवं प़मकोप, …
- Book page 313Chapter 15… क्तस्राव, अजकजात, शोणितार्श, सव्रणशुक) रोग, सिन्नपातज चार ( पूयस्राव, नकुलांध्य इक्षपाकात्यय, अलजी) रोग, कफ से उत्पन्न कफस्राव नामक एक रोग, पित्तज ह् …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- condition_nakulandhya