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82 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. Xtt.
masturbation, or any unnatural offence with female
quadrupeds ; or by washing the genitals with filthy or
poisonous water ; or through neglect to wash the parts
after coition, or voluntary suppression of a natural flow
of semen or urine or through any hurt or pressure
on the organ etc. The inflammation of the genital
thus engendered is called Upadans'a. The disease
admits of bsin^ divided into five distinct types, such
as, the Vataja, Pittaja, Kaphaja, Tridoshaja and the
Raktaja. 7—8.
The symptoms of different Types:—
The roughness of the genitals, the bursting or cracking
of the integuments of the penis and prepuce etc., numb-
ness and swelling of the affected part which is perceived
rough to the touch and the presence of a varied sort of
pain peculiar to the deranged Vayu are the characteristic
indications of the Vataja type. In the Pittaja type
fever sets in (from the very beginning), the penis becomes
swollen and assumes the colour of a ripe Indian fig
(reddish-yellow), attended with a sort of intolerable
burning sensation The process of suppuration is rapid
and a variety of pain peculiar to the deranged Pittam,
(distinguishes it from the other forms of the disease).
The penis becomes swollen, hard and glossy in the
Kaphaja type marked by itching and a variety of
pain characteristic of the deranged Kapham. In the
blood-origined type (Raktaja) the organ bleeds heavily
and is covered with the eruptions of large black vesicles.
Fever, thirst, (Sosha), burning sensations and other
characteristic symptoms of the deranged Pittam are also
present. Palliation is all that can be occasionally effected
in these cases. Symptoms specifically betraying to each
of the Vataja, Pittaja and Kaphaja t}-pes concurrently
manifest themselves in the Sannipatika t>T3e of Upa-