A hard, raised, wick-like growth from all three doshas with pricking and splitting pain that blocks the throat; to be given up.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शतघ्नी
- Hindi
- शतघ्नी
- English
- Spiked throat growth (shataghni)
What the text says
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Definition1
A hard, raised growth like a wick, with pricking and splitting pain and the signs of all three doshas, that blocks the throat is called shataghni; the name fits because it is shaped like the shataghni, a spiked weapon.
Prognosis1
The verse says this throat growth with the signs of all three doshas is to be given up.
Questions and answers
Which throat diseases does the text say are to be given up as incurable or deadly?
Rohini of the combined, kapha and blood types (in the commentary), adhijihvika once suppurated, valaya, mahalasa, vrinda and shataghni are to be given up; galavidradhi and mamsatana are also described as deadly.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll 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
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_shataghni