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THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
[Chap. LXV.

word. For example — as earth is moistened by water, so an ulcer is moistened (and consequently secretes) by (the taking of) Másha-pulse, milk, etc. 8.

Uddeśa is the statement in brief. For example— Śalya (ordinarily any foreign matter but secondarily implying any obstructing matter in the body). 9.

Nirdeśa is the statement in detail. For example — "Śalya" is of two kinds "Śárira" (idiopathic) and "Ágantu" (traumatic). 10.

Upadeśa is an instruction for the doing of a thing in a particular way. For example — one should not sit up at night and one should give up sleep at the day time. 11.

Apadeśa is the statement of reason. For example — it has been specified that Śleshmá is increased by the use of the articles of sweet taste. 12.

Pradeśa is the determination of a present action from past events. For example — Devadatta's Śalya has been extracted by this person, hence Yajnadatta's Śalya will also be extracted by him. 13.

Atideśa is the determination of some future event from some present event. For example — one's bodily Váyu courses upwards by such and such an action, hence one may get (an attack of Vátaja) Udávarta by such an action. 14.

Apavarga is the extraction — i. e. exception of (something) from something more comprehensive or extended, that is to say, it is an exception to the general rule. For example — fomentation should not be applied to persons sufifering from the effects of poisoning excepting those suffering from insect-poison. 15,

Vákya-śesha is the word the absence of the use of which does not make the sentence incomplete. For example -when we say of the head, the hands, the legs,