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30 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chaj). III.
stomachf (Amasaya) into the bladder keeping- it filled
with this important fluid of the body, just as a new
pitcher, immersed up to it;? neck in a vessel full of water,
is filled by transudation through its lateral pores. 14.
In the same way the Vayu, Kapham and Pittam are
carried into the bladder (through their respective ducts
or channels), and in unison with the retained urine, give
rise to the formation of stone, on account of the slimy
character of the deposit produced. Stone is formed in
the same way in the bladder as sediments are ultimately
deposited from clear and transparent water at the bottom
of a new pitcher which contains it. As the wind
and lightning jointly condense the rainwater into
hailstones, so the bodily V^iyu and Pittam (heat) jointly
contribute to the condensation of the Kapham in the
bladder and transform it into stone.
The Vayu in the bladder, coursing in its natural
downward direction, helps the full and complete
emission of urine ; while coursing in a contrary direction,
it gives rise to various forms of maladies such as,
Prameha, strangury, as well as seminal disorders ; in
short, it produces any urinary trouble to which the
bladder ma\- be subjected, i 5.
t From the kidneys.
Thus ends the third Chapter of the Nidana Sthanam in the Sushruta
Samhita which treats of the Nidanani of urinary calculi.