coldness of the atmosphere (and a general cooling of the Earth's surface)*[1] is called Hrasva-játya †[2]. 21.
The form of occular affection in which the colour of Drishti (pupil) of a man affected by the Doshas resembles (and is found to emit (luminous) flashes like) that of a mungoose in consequence of which the external objects appear multi-coloured in the day time,‡[3] is called Nakulándhya. The form of occular affection due to the action of the deranged Váyu, and in which the Drishti (pupil) is contracted and deformed and sinks into the socket, attended with an extreme pain in the affected parts, is called Gambhiriká 22-23.
Besides the above, there are two more forms of Linga-náśa of traumatic origin, viz., Sa-nimitta (of ascertainable origin) and A-nimitta (without any manifest or ascertainable cause). Under the first group may be arranged those which are produced by such causes as an over-heated §[4] condition of the head (brain, etc.), and marked by the specific symptoms of (blood-origined) Abhishyanda, while the second comprises those in which the loss of one's vision is due to causes, such as the witnessing of divine halo or effulgence emanating from the ethereal person of a god, or a Gandharva (demigod), a holy saint, a celestial serpent, or such other
- ↑ * The latter part of the text here seems to be incongruous. Mádhava does not read the last line in his Nidána, nor does Dallana include it in his commentary. Dallana, on the other hand, says that some read this line, but holds, on the authority of Videha, that the reading is incongruous, in as much as "Hrasva-játya" is said to cause one of the four types of night-blindness.
- ↑ † Some read Hrasva-jádya in place of Hrasva-játya.
- ↑ ‡ This shows that a man affected with this form of disease cannot see anything in the night.
- ↑ § The head is liable to be over-heated by the smelling of poison or poisonous objects or any other strong-scented flower, etc.
