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In ''akshepaka'' (..), the provoked ''vata'' contracts vessels, tendons and ligaments of the hands and feet cause episodic contraction in different parts of the body. [50-51]
In ''akshepaka'' (..), the provoked ''vata'' contracts vessels, tendons and ligaments of the hands and feet cause episodic contraction in different parts of the body. [50-51]


==== Dandaka (stiffness of body) ====
==== ''Dandaka'' (stiffness of body) ====


पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठश्रोणीः स्तभ्नाति मारुतः ||५१||  
पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठश्रोणीः स्तभ्नाति मारुतः ||५१||  
दण्डवत्स्तब्धगात्रस्य दण्डकः सोऽनुपक्रमः |५२|
दण्डवत्स्तब्धगात्रस्य दण्डकः सोऽनुपक्रमः |५२|
pANipAdashiraHpRuShThashroNIH stabhnAti mArutaH ||51||  
pANipAdashiraHpRuShThashroNIH stabhnAti mArutaH ||51||  
daNDavatstabdhagAtrasya daNDakaH so~anupakramaH |52|
daNDavatstabdhagAtrasya daNDakaH so~anupakramaH |52|
pāṇipādaśiraḥpr̥ṣṭhaśrōṇīḥ stabhnāti mārutaḥ||51||  
pāṇipādaśiraḥpr̥ṣṭhaśrōṇīḥ stabhnāti mārutaḥ||51||  
daṇḍavatstabdhagātrasya daṇḍakaḥ sō'nupakramaḥ|52|  
daṇḍavatstabdhagātrasya daṇḍakaḥ sō'nupakramaḥ|52|  
When vāta causes rigidity of muscles of the hands, feet, head, back and hips, so that the body becomes stiff as a stick, is called as daṇḍaka, the  condition is irremediable. (51-52)
 
When ''vata'' causes rigidity of muscles of the hands, feet, head, back and hips, so that the body becomes stiff as a stick, is called as ''dandaka'', the  condition is irremediable. [51-52]


==== Episodic nature of vata disorders ====
==== Episodic nature of vata disorders ====