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Chap. XIV.] KIDANA STHANAM. 95
An Alaji (incidental to an injudicious application
of Suka on the penis) exhibits symptoms, which are
identical with those manifested by a case of Alaji
in Prameha (Ch. vi). A wart (papilloma) attended
with swelling of the part and caused by the aggravated
Vayu on the hard and inflamed penis causing pressure
(on the urethra) is called Mriditam. The pustule or
eruption appearing on the penis on account of its being
extremely pressed by the hand i^for the insertion of the
hairs of the Suka) in its dorsum is called Sammudha-
pidaka. (^It is the outcome of the aggravated Vayu*).
A large number of elongated pustules on the penis (in-
cidental to an application of Suka to the partj which
burst at the middle, causing pain and shivering, is called
Avamantha (epithelioma*. 6 — lo.
The Pushkarika type of the disease is marked
by the eruptions of small pimples around the principal
one The type has its origin in the deranged condition
of the blood and Pittam, and is so called from the part
of the excrescenses being arranged in rings or circles like
the petals of a lotus flower in shape. A complete anes-
thesia (of the affected organ) owing to the vitiated blood
by the injudicious application of a Suka is called Spars'a-
haklli- Pustules appearing on the penis through the
vitiation of the local blood and Pittam by such con-
stant applications are called Uttama. A suppuration of
the prepuce under the circumstance is called Tvakapakh.
There is fever with a burning sensation in the affected
organ. The disease is due to the vitiated condition
of the blood and Pittam. ii— 15.
The type of the disease in which the penis is marked
by the eruption of black vesicles and is covered over
with a large number of red pimples or pustules with
According to Dallana it is due to the action of Vayu and blood.