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Animal poisons (jangama visha)
जंगम विष · जङ्गमविष
Animal (jaṅgama) poison is described as very dreadful and of sixteen kinds by its seat in the creature, with the creatures that carry each kind; it has the same ten qualities as immobile…
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The ten qualities in animal poisons
जंगम विष में दस गुण · जंगम विष में दश गुण
Animal poisons have the same ten qualities described for immobile poisons, and so all of them provoke all the doṣas and dhātus of the body.
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Account of animal poisons
जंगम विष का वर्णन · अथ जंगमविषवर्णन
Opening line of the account of animal (jaṅgama) poisons, which in this part covers their sixteen seats, the creatures that carry them, their ten qualities, the five kinds of snakes and the…
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Further incurable signs; poisons of other creatures; wild animal bites
और असाध्य लक्षण; अन्य जीवों के विष; हिंसक पशुओं के दंश · सर्पदष्ट के असाध्यलक्षण
No weal from a whip, no blood from a cut, no gooseflesh from cold water, a wick of kapha from the mouth, bleeding from upper and lower passages and loss of sleep mark an incurable…
Condition
Snakebite (sarpa visha)
सर्प विष (सांप का जहर) · सर्पविष
Snake poison is called the most dreadful of animal poisons; snakes are of five kinds, divine serpents poison by sight and breath and earthly snakes by their fangs, and the text lists why…
Principle
Ayurveda (science of life)
आयुर्वेद
The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…
Condition
Poisoning (visha)
विष (ज़हर) · विषरोग
The opening of chapter 19 treats poisoning as a danger to kings: who poisons, how a poisoner and poisoned food are recognised, and the signs of poison in food, drinks and personal articles.
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The five kinds of snakes
पाँच प्रकार के सर्प
Among animal poisons that of snakes is the most dreadful. Snakes are of five kinds: darvīkara (hooded), maṇḍalī (with round patches), rājīmanta (striped), vaikarañja (born of a cross…
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Antidote destroying all poisons
सर्वविषनाशक अगद
Various alkalis, cow urine, salts, the three pungents, all aromatic substances and all kinds of flowers, dried and powdered, are mixed with ghee and jaggery into the preceding alkali…
Formulation
Sarvavishanashaka antidote
सर्वविषनाशक अगद
An addition to the alkali antidote: alkalis, cow urine, salts, the three pungents, aromatic substances and dried flowers are powdered and mixed in with ghee and jaggery, stored in a cow's…
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The sixteen kinds of animal poison
जंगम विष के सोलह भेद · जंगमविष के षोडश भेद
Animal poison is very dreadful and of sixteen kinds, named after its seat in the creature: sight, breath, fangs, saliva, urine, faeces, semen, nails, wind, bile, anal region, bones, touch,…
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The three kinds of poison
विष के तीन भेद
The poisons are to be described one by one with their signs and properties, following the scripture. Poison is of three kinds: forest-born or immobile (vanaja, sthāvara), animal (jaṅgama)…