Charak Samhita

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न च किञ्चिदस्ति कुष्ठमेकदोषप्रकोपनिमित्तम्, अस्ति तु खलु समानप्रकृतीनामपि कुष्ठानां दोषांशांशविकल्पानुबन्धस्थानविभागेन वेदनावर्णसंस्थानप्रभावनामचिकित्सितविशेषः| स सप्तविधोऽष्टादशविधोऽपरिसङ्ख्येयविधो वा भवति| दोषा हि विकल्पनैर्विकल्प्यमाना विकल्पयन्ति विकारान्, अन्यत्रासाध्यभावात्| तेषां विकल्पविकारसङ्ख्यानेऽतिप्रसङ्गमभिसमीक्ष्य सप्तविधमेव कुष्ठविशेषमुपदेक्ष्यामः ||४||

sanskrit

[Possible types of kushtha] Variation in single dosha cannot cause kushtha. Even in kushtha with similar presentations, the clinical features in terms of sensation in skin, colour, site of skin lesion, other symptoms, and treatment may vary depending on the variation in vitiation of (qualities of) dosha. Therefore there are seven or eighteen or innumerable types of kushtha. The variations in qualities of vitiated dosha lead to further differentiation in types of diseases, except in incurable conditions. As there might be innumerable types of kushtha leading to expansion of text, only seven types of kushtha are described here.

english translation

na ca kiJcidasti kuSThamekadoSaprakopanimittam, asti tu khalu samAnaprakRtInAmapi kuSThAnAM doSAMzAMzavikalpAnubandhasthAnavibhAgena vedanAvarNasaMsthAnaprabhAvanAmacikitsitavizeSaH| sa saptavidho'STAdazavidho'parisaGkhyeyavidho vA bhavati| doSA hi vikalpanairvikalpyamAnA vikalpayanti vikArAn, anyatrAsAdhyabhAvAt| teSAM vikalpavikArasaGkhyAne'tiprasaGgamabhisamIkSya saptavidhameva kuSThavizeSamupadekSyAmaH ||4||

hk transliteration