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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 33 · Apasmara: the stars
अपस्मार — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
यथोक्तं जातके — शनिभूसुतदिननाथा निधनस्था यस्य जन्मकाले स्युः ।नानाव्याधिवधाद्यैः पीडाऽपस्मारसंभवा तस्य ॥
As a jataka (birth chart reading) text says: At a person's birth, Saturn, Mars and the Sun may be in the 8th house. Then he may suffer from many illnesses and from blows and the like. He may also have trouble from epilepsy.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अथेदानीमपस्माररोगस्य जातकाभिप्रायेण हेतुं तत्प्रतीकारं चाह ।
Next, the text tells the cause of epilepsy (apasmara) as the jataka (birth chart reading) texts see it. It also tells the remedy.
अष्टमस्थानस्थशनिमंगलसूर्यजनितापस्माररोगप्रतीकाराय तत्तद्ग्रहप्रीतये पूर्वोक्तमेव सकलं जपहोमदानस्नानादि कुर्यात् । तेनोपशाम्यति ।
Saturn, Mars and the Sun in the 8th house can bring epilepsy. To ease it, the person should do all the rites named before. These are japa (repeating…