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