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Why is consumption called kshaya, shosha and rajayakshma?

क्षय रोग को क्षय, शोष और राजयक्ष्मा क्यों कहते हैं?

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Kshaya because it wastes the tissues such as rasa, shosha because its heat dries them daily, and rajayakshma because it destroys even kings.

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Verse 4 explains the names; the commentary calls them meaningful names of tapedik, and a footnote says even a king is not freed from it.

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