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Which diseases does the Kalyanakarakam call the major diseases (mahamaya)?

कल्याणकारक में किन रोगों को महारोग (महामय) कहा गया है?

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Prameha, kushtha, udara, vatavyadhi, mudhagarbha, haemorrhoids, urinary stone and fistula-in-ano.

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Verse 4 of chapter 11 says the omniscient ones call these the major diseases. The chapter then undertakes to describe each with its signs, fatal signs, curability, chief causes, prevention and treatment, and begins with prameha.

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Chapter 11
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