Charak Samhita

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षष्ठे हिक्का, भङ्गः स्कन्धस्य तु सप्तमेऽष्टमे मरणम् । नॄणां, चतुष्पदां स्याच्चतुर्विधः, पक्षिणां त्रिविधः ॥२१॥

In the sixth stage, the patient suffers from hiccup.; In the seventh stage, the patient suffers from skandha-bhanga (paralysis of the muscles in the shoulder girdle); and In the eighth stage, the patient succumbs to death. The above mentioned eight stages of poisoning are manifested in human beings.॥ Stage wise features in animals and birds॥ In quadruped animals, the effects of poisoning are manifested in four different stages; and in birds, it is manifested in three stages.

english translation

SaSThe hikkA, bhaGgaH skandhasya tu saptame'STame maraNam । nRRNAM, catuSpadAM syAccaturvidhaH, pakSiNAM trividhaH ॥21॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript