− | ''Udaka'' in Sanskrit translates as fluid and ''udara'' refers to the distension of the abdomen, put together the term ''udakodara'' means distension of the abdomen due to accumulation of the fluid. According to Sanskrit literature, the word ''dakodara'' is formed by the removal of initial letter u from the word ''udakodara''. Thus, formed word ''dakodara'' also give the same meaning of ''udakodara''.<ref name="ref34">Agnivesha. Charak Samhita, elaborated by Charak & Dridabala with jalpakalpataru commentary by gangadhara, 3rd part, kaviraja shri narendranathasen gupta; kaviraja shri balayichandrasen gupta, ed., 1st Edition, Culcutta , C.K.Sen and company ltd, Pp3828, Pg no 2825</ref> | + | ''Udaka'' in Sanskrit translates as fluid and ''udara'' refers to the distension of the abdomen, put together the term ''udakodara'' means distension of the abdomen due to accumulation of the fluid. According to Sanskrit literature, the word ''dakodara'' is formed by the removal of initial letter u from the word ''udakodara''. Thus, formed word ''dakodara'' also give the same meaning of ''udakodara''.<ref name="ref34">Gangadhara, Charak. 3rd part, In: Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya, Editor. Charak Samhita.1st ed. Varanasi:kaviraja shri narendranathasen gupta; kaviraja shri balayichandrasen gupta, ed., 1st Edition, Culcutta , C.K.Sen and company ltd, Pp3828, Pg no 2825</ref> |