Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

7IO THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. IV.
the mouth and the nostrils) and peculiar pains (such
as the pricking, piercing pain in the body) due to the
aggravation of the bodily Vdyu,—these are the specific
symptoms of a bite by a snake of the Darvi-kara
species. 22.
Specific symptoms of a bite by a
lYIandali snake : -Yellowness of the skin, etc.,
longing for cold, a sensation as if the whole interior is
being burnt with scorching vapours, extreme burning
sensation in the body, thirst, a sensation of intoxication,
delirium, fever, haemorrhage through both the upper and
the lower channels, sloughing of the flesh, swelling and
suppuration in the affected part, a jaundiced sight, a
rapid aggravation (of the Pitta) and the presence of
various sorts of pain peculiar to the derangement of the
of the bodily Pitta,—these are the specific symptoms of
a bite by a snake of the Mandali species. 23
Specific symptoms of a bite by a
RsCJiman snake :—Whiteness of the bkin, etc.,
^ita Jvara (catarrhal fever), horripilation, a numbness
of the limbs, a swelling about the seat of the bite, flow-
ing out of dense phlegm (from the mouth), vomiting,
constant itching of the eyes, a swelling of and a rattling
sound in the throat, obstruction of breath, delirium,
peculiar pain and troubles characteristic of the deranged
Kapha in the body,— these are the specific symptoms of
a bite by a snake of the R^jimg^n species 24.
Specific symptoms of bites by
snakes of different sexes and a^^es,
!—The sight or the pupils of the eyes of a person
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bitten by a male snake, is turned upward. A bite by
a female serpent exhibits such smyptoms as downcast
eyes and appearance of veins on the forehead, while
that by a hermaphrodite (Napumsaka) snake makes the
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