Natyashastra

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अपस्मारो नाम देवयक्षनागब्रह्मराक्षसभूतप्रेतपिशाच-ग्रहणानुस्मरनोच्छिष्टशून्यागारसेवनाशुचि- कालान्तरापरिपतनव्याद्यादिभिर्विभावैः समुत्पद्यते । तस्य स्फुरितनिःश्वसितोत्कम्पितधावनपतनस्वेद- स्तम्भवदनफेनजिह्वापरिलेहनादिभिरनुभावैरभिनयः प्रयोक्तव्यः । अत्रार्ये भवतः - भूतपिशाचग्रहणानुस्मरणोच्छिष्टशून्यगृहगमनात् । कालान्तरातिपातादशुचेश्चभवत्यपस्मारः ॥ ७३॥

sanskrit

Epilepsy (apasmāra) is caused by Determinants such as being possessed by a god, a Nāga, a Yakṣa, a Rākṣa, a Piśāca and the like, and a memory of such beings, eating food left after somebody’s partaking of it, staying in a deserted house, non-observation of proper interval of time ॥ in taking food, in sleeping etc.॥, derangement of humours (dhātu)॥ 1॥ and the like. It is to be represented on the stage by Consequents such as throbbing, trembling, running, falling down, perspiration, foaming in the mouth, hiccup, licking ॥ the lips॥ with the tongue, and the like. On this point there are two Āryās: 73. Epilepsy occurs in a person when he is possessed by Bhūtas and Piśācas, when he remembers these beings, ॥ eats॥ Ucchiṣṭa॥ 2॥, stays in a deserted house, disregards proper interval of time ॥ for taking food etc.॥, and is impure ॥ in body॥.

english translation

apasmAro nAma devayakSanAgabrahmarAkSasabhUtapretapizAca-grahaNAnusmaranocchiSTazUnyAgArasevanAzuci- kAlAntarAparipatanavyAdyAdibhirvibhAvaiH samutpadyate । tasya sphuritaniHzvasitotkampitadhAvanapatanasveda- stambhavadanaphenajihvAparilehanAdibhiranubhAvairabhinayaH prayoktavyaH । atrArye bhavataH - bhUtapizAcagrahaNAnusmaraNocchiSTazUnyagRhagamanAt । kAlAntarAtipAtAdazucezcabhavatyapasmAraH ॥ 73॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/7/73

अपस्मारो नाम देवयक्षनागब्रह्मराक्षसभूतप्रेतपिशाच-ग्रहणानुस्मरनोच्छिष्टशून्यागारसेवनाशुचि- कालान्तरापरिपतनव्याद्यादिभिर्विभावैः समुत्पद्यते । तस्य स्फुरितनिःश्वसितोत्कम्पितधावनपतनस्वेद- स्तम्भवदनफेनजिह्वापरिलेहनादिभिरनुभावैरभिनयः प्रयोक्तव्यः । अत्रार्ये भवतः - भूतपिशाचग्रहणानुस्मरणोच्छिष्टशून्यगृहगमनात् । कालान्तरातिपातादशुचेश्चभवत्यपस्मारः ॥ ७३॥

sanskrit

Epilepsy (apasmāra) is caused by Determinants such as being possessed by a god, a Nāga, a Yakṣa, a Rākṣa, a Piśāca and the like, and a memory of such beings, eating food left after somebody’s partaking of it, staying in a deserted house, non-observation of proper interval of time ॥ in taking food, in sleeping etc.॥, derangement of humours (dhātu)॥ 1॥ and the like. It is to be represented on the stage by Consequents such as throbbing, trembling, running, falling down, perspiration, foaming in the mouth, hiccup, licking ॥ the lips॥ with the tongue, and the like. On this point there are two Āryās: 73. Epilepsy occurs in a person when he is possessed by Bhūtas and Piśācas, when he remembers these beings, ॥ eats॥ Ucchiṣṭa॥ 2॥, stays in a deserted house, disregards proper interval of time ॥ for taking food etc.॥, and is impure ॥ in body॥.

english translation

apasmAro nAma devayakSanAgabrahmarAkSasabhUtapretapizAca-grahaNAnusmaranocchiSTazUnyAgArasevanAzuci- kAlAntarAparipatanavyAdyAdibhirvibhAvaiH samutpadyate । tasya sphuritaniHzvasitotkampitadhAvanapatanasveda- stambhavadanaphenajihvAparilehanAdibhiranubhAvairabhinayaH prayoktavyaH । atrArye bhavataH - bhUtapizAcagrahaNAnusmaraNocchiSTazUnyagRhagamanAt । kAlAntarAtipAtAdazucezcabhavatyapasmAraH ॥ 73॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript