Symptoms of attack by Skanda-graha and Skandápasmára-graha:—Swelling of the eyes and distorted features of the face and an aversion to the breast-milk are the indications of an attack by the Skanda-graha. The body of the child emits a bloody smell and one of the eyelids becomes fixed or motionless. The child looks frightened, closes his fists (as in a fit of convulsion) and moans a little. The eyes become highly rolling and the stool becomes hard and constipated. Alternate fits of fainting and consciousness, convulsive jerks of legs and hands like those in dancing, foaming (at the mouth), yawning and the passing of stool and urine with the passage of wind are the characteristic features of an attack by the Skandápasmára-graha. 5-6.
Śakuni and Revati:— Looseness of limbs which emit a peculiar bird-like*[1] smell are the indications of an attack of the child by the Śakuni Graha. The child in such a case starts up in terror and its body is covered with a large number of secreting ulcers (Vrana), or of eruptions of vesicles attended with a burning sensation subsequently suppurating and bursting of themselves. The face assumes a blood-red hue, the stool (as well as the urine) becomes green and the body of the child looks as if of deep yellow or dark brown colour, fever ensues with an inflamation of the mouth, a bruised pain is felt all over the body and the child frequently rubs its nose and ears — these are the features which mark a sure attack of Revati-Graha. 7-8.
Putaná and Andha-putaná:— Looseness of the limbs, disturbed sleep whether by day
- ↑ * By the word ' ' (lit. a bird) in ' ' is here meant meat eating aquatic birds.
