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What causes shuka disease according to verse 8?

श्लोक 8 के अनुसार शूकरोग किन कारणों से होता है?

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Rubbing the penis with rough, uneven leaves to enlarge it, masturbation and intercourse with a narrow vagina.

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These produce many eruptions on the penis; the text prescribes ghee affusion and sudation, and a footnote says the disease has eighteen kinds.

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