Charak Samhita

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नीलश्यावताम्रहरितशुक्लाश्च वर्णाः शरीरस्य वैकारिका भवन्ति; यांश्चापरानुपेक्षमाणो विद्यात्प्राग्विकृतानभूत्वोत्पन्नान् | इति प्रकृतिविकृतिवर्णा भवन्त्युक्ताः शरीरस्य| तत्र प्रकृतिवर्णमर्धशरीरे विकृतिवर्णमर्धशरीरे, द्वावपि वर्णौ मर्यादाविभक्तौ दृष्ट्वा; यद्येवं सव्यदक्षिणविभागेन, यद्येवंपूर्वपश्चिमविभागेन, यद्युत्तराधरविभागेन, यद्यन्तर्बहिर्विभागेन, आतुरस्यारिष्टमिति विद्यात्; एवमेव वर्णभेदोमुखेऽप्यन्यत्र वर्तमानो मरणाय भवति ||९||

sanskrit

[Abnormal complexion] The unnatural or pathological complexions include blue, blackish, coppery, green and snow white. Similarly, there are some other unnatural types of complexion which appear suddenly for unknown reason. These are the normal and abnormal complexions of body. Normal complexion in one half of the body and abnormal complexion in the other half and both are demarcated clearly by a line, same abnormality on left and right side of body, front and back side of body, upper and lower or internal and external parts of the body is considered arishta (near to death signs). Such demarcation abnormality on face and other parts too indicates death.

english translation

nIlazyAvatAmraharitazuklAzca varNAH zarIrasya vaikArikA bhavanti; yAMzcAparAnupekSamANo vidyAtprAgvikRtAnabhUtvotpannAn | iti prakRtivikRtivarNA bhavantyuktAH zarIrasya| tatra prakRtivarNamardhazarIre vikRtivarNamardhazarIre, dvAvapi varNau maryAdAvibhaktau dRSTvA; yadyevaM savyadakSiNavibhAgena, yadyevaMpUrvapazcimavibhAgena, yadyuttarAdharavibhAgena, yadyantarbahirvibhAgena, AturasyAriSTamiti vidyAt; evameva varNabhedomukhe'pyanyatra vartamAno maraNAya bhavati ||9||

hk transliteration