Charak Samhita

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यस्य पित्तं प्रकुपितं शङ्खयोरवतिष्ठते। श्वयथुः शङ्खको नाम दारुणस्तस्य जायते ॥२६॥

॥ Shankhaka॥ When a vitiated pitta inhabits the temporal regions of the head, severe and fatal swellings known as shankhaka (saggital sinus thrombosis/ intracranial growth/ temporal arteritis) are caused.

english translation

yasya pittaM prakupitaM zaGkhayoravatiSThate। zvayathuH zaGkhako nAma dAruNastasya jAyate ॥26॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript