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Conditionरोग

Shukra (white opacity on the black of the eye)

शुक्ल (फूला) · शुक्र

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A white opacity (phula) on the black circle of the eye, curable when even and without ulceration (avrana), incurable when sunken and discharging (savrana).

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
शुक्रअव्रणशुक्रसव्रणशुक्र
Hindi
शुक्ल (फूला)अव्रण शुक्लसव्रण शुक्ल
English
Shukra (white opacity on the black of the eye)

Types described in the text

Avrana (non-ulcerated) shukra, curable

अव्रण शुक्ल

Savrana (ulcerated) shukra, incurable

सव्रण शुक्ल

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Classification1

  • In the dosha lists savrana shukla is counted among the four incurable blood-born eye diseases and avrana shukla among the eleven curable blood-born ones.

    Chapter 15 · p. 310 · v. 237-238Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Prognosis2

  • A white, even (neither sunken nor raised), thin opacity in the black circle is called apavrana or avrana shukla and is curable.

    Chapter 15 · p. 303 · v. 205Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • If the same opacity is sunken and fluid discharges from all around it, it is called savrana shukla and is incurable.

    Chapter 15 · p. 303 · v. 205Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 45 times on 26 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

  • The text writes शुक्ल or शुल्क; the commentary on v238 glosses अव्रणशुल्क as शुक्र.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
26
Chapters
Chapter 15
Extraction tasks
T15
Record id
condition_shukra