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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]
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==== Dandaka (stiffness of body) ====
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==== ''Dandaka'' (stiffness of body) ====
पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठश्रोणीः स्तभ्नाति मारुतः ||५१||
पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठश्रोणीः स्तभ्नाति मारुतः ||५१||
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दण्डवत्स्तब्धगात्रस्य दण्डकः सोऽनुपक्रमः |५२|
दण्डवत्स्तब्धगात्रस्य दण्डकः सोऽनुपक्रमः |५२|
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pANipAdashiraHpRuShThashroNIH stabhnAti mArutaH ||51||
pANipAdashiraHpRuShThashroNIH stabhnAti mArutaH ||51||
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daNDavatstabdhagAtrasya daNDakaH so~anupakramaH |52|
daNDavatstabdhagAtrasya daNDakaH so~anupakramaH |52|
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pāṇipādaśiraḥpr̥ṣṭhaśrōṇīḥ stabhnāti mārutaḥ||51||
pāṇipādaśiraḥpr̥ṣṭhaśrōṇīḥ stabhnāti mārutaḥ||51||
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daṇḍavatstabdhagātrasya daṇḍakaḥ sō'nupakramaḥ|52|
daṇḍavatstabdhagātrasya daṇḍakaḥ sō'nupakramaḥ|52|
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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)
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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 ====