Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

712 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. IV.
swellings and Granthis all over the body. In the third
stage it invades the principle of Medas (adipose tissues ?)
in the body, giving rise to a "ort of mucous discharge
from the seat of bite, heaviness in the head, perspiration
and numbness of the eyes. In the fourth stage the
poison enters the Koshtha (abdomen?) and aggravates
the Doshas, especially Kapha, producing somnolence,
water brash and a breaking s-^nsation in the joints. In
the fifth stage, it penetrates into the principle of bone,
deranges the Prana (vital principle) and impairs the
Agni (digestive fire), giving rise to hiccough, a burning
sensation in the body and a breaking pain in the joints.
In the sixth stage, it enters the principle of Majjan
(marrow) and greatly deranges the Grahani (the large
intestines f) giving rise to a sense of heaviness of the
limbs, dysentery, pain in the heart and epileptic fits.
In the seventh stage it permeates the principle of
semen, extremely aggravates the vital nerve-governing
Vdyu known as the Vydna, dislodges the Kapha even
from the minutest capillaries, producing secretions of
lump-like phlegm from the mouth, a breaking pain in
the waist and the back, impaired functions of the mind
and of the body, excessive salivation, perspiration and
a suppression of breath 26.
Different stages of poisoning from
the bites of a lYIandali Snake :— in the
first stage of bite by a Mandali snake, the poison
affects the blood (vascular system), which being thus
vitiated produces shivering (lit. coldness) followed by a
burning sensation in the body and pallor (yellowness^
of the skin. In the second stage the poison contamin-
ates the flesh which causes an extreme yellowness of
complexion attended with a burning sensation in the
body and yellowness about the seat of the bite. In the