When the vitiated ''vata'' inhabits and elevates the spleen, it causes a gradual prickly pain in the sides, causing ''pliha vriddhi'' i.e. splenomegaly. [28]
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When the vitiated [[vata]] inhabits and elevates the spleen, it causes a gradual prickly pain in the sides, causing ''pliha vriddhi'' i.e. splenomegaly. [28]