Charak Samhita

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वातादयः प्रकुप्यन्ति शिरस्यस्रं च दुष्यति| ततः शिरसि जायन्ते रोगा विविधलक्षणाः ||११||

sanskrit

and anomalous climate/season are the general causative factors of shiroroga. The above factors provoke or vitiate vata, affecting rakta (blood circulation) in the head leading to shiroroga with various symptoms.

english translation

vAtAdayaH prakupyanti zirasyasraM ca duSyati| tataH zirasi jAyante rogA vividhalakSaNAH ||11||

hk transliteration

प्राणाः प्राणभृतां यत्र श्रिताः सर्वेन्द्रियाणि च| यदुत्तमाङ्गमाङ्गानां शिरस्तदभिधीयते ||१२||

sanskrit

[Importance of the Head] Shira (head) is foremost among all organs as it is the region of the body where the vital centres and all the senses (indriya) of a living-being are located It is vital (uttama) amongst all the other organs of the body

english translation

prANAH prANabhRtAM yatra zritAH sarvendriyANi ca| yaduttamAGgamAGgAnAM zirastadabhidhIyate ||12||

hk transliteration

अर्धावभेदको वा स्यात् सर्वं वा रुज्यते शिरः| प्रतिश्यामुखनासाक्षिकर्णरोगशिरोभ्रमाः ||१३||

sanskrit

[Diseases of the Head] Hemicrania (ardhavabhedaka), headache (sarvam va rujyate shiraḥ) (i.e., that which may involve whole of head), coryza (pratishyaya), disorders of mouth, nose, eyes, and ears (mukhanasakshikarṇaroga), giddiness/vertigo (shirobhramaḥ),

english translation

ardhAvabhedako vA syAt sarvaM vA rujyate ziraH| pratizyAmukhanAsAkSikarNarogazirobhramAH ||13||

hk transliteration

अर्दितं शिरसः कम्पो गलमन्याहनुग्रहः| विविधाश्चापरे रोगा वातादिक्रिमिसम्भवाः ||१४||

sanskrit

facial paralysis (ardita), tremors of the head (shirasaḥ kampa), stiffness of the neck, nape and jaw (galamanyāhanugrahah) and other such diseases of the head are caused by dosha and micro-organisms/worms (krimi).

english translation

arditaM zirasaH kampo galamanyAhanugrahaH| vividhAzcApare rogA vAtAdikrimisambhavAH ||14||

hk transliteration

पृथग्दिष्टास्तु ये पञ्च सङ्ग्रहे परमर्षिभिः| शिरोगदांस्ताञ्छृणु मे यथास्वैर्हेतुलक्षणैः ||१५||

sanskrit

[Types of Diseases of Head] As mentioned in Ashtodariya Adhyaya, there are five types of shiroroga that are described here with their etiological factors , signs and symptoms

english translation

pRthagdiSTAstu ye paJca saGgrahe paramarSibhiH| zirogadAMstAJchRNu me yathAsvairhetulakSaNaiH ||15||

hk transliteration