Halīmaka
Halīmaka · halīmaka, “a disease”
Grammar: masculine noun, the name of a disease.
Meaning: a disease, named in the list of diseases of the Āyurveda teaching.
In the scriptures: In the Cikitsā Prakaraṇa, the section on treatment, of the Brahma Khaṇḍa of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Sauti tells Śaunaka the diseases in the text’s order: pāṇḍu, kāmala, kushṭha, śotha, plīha, śūla, jvara, atisāra, grahaṇī, kāsa, vraṇa, halīmaka, mūtrakṛcchra, gulma, vishameha, kubja, goda, galagaṇḍaka, bhramarī, sannipāta and vishūcī. With their kinds and sub-kinds these make sixty-four kinds of disease. Halīmaka is one of them. Like all diseases, it is a son of Mṛtyukanyā (Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 16).
Related terms: Roga · Vyādhi · Mṛtyukanyā
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 16