| In some acute diseases, the disease is presented directly with signs and symptoms. In these cases, the unmanifested form of the actual symptoms (''rupa'') described in the text should be treated as the ''poorvarupa'' of a disease. <ref>Chakrapani, Commentator, Charaka SamhitaNidanasthana Adhyaya 1/8, Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji, Fifth Edition Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2001, 195. </ref> | | In some acute diseases, the disease is presented directly with signs and symptoms. In these cases, the unmanifested form of the actual symptoms (''rupa'') described in the text should be treated as the ''poorvarupa'' of a disease. <ref>Chakrapani, Commentator, Charaka SamhitaNidanasthana Adhyaya 1/8, Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji, Fifth Edition Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2001, 195. </ref> |
− | Vagbhata opines that ''poorvarupa'' are signs and symptoms that appear earlier to the actual disease, not specifically assignable to the ''doshas'' as they are mild (not clearly recognizable) and few in number. (A. H. Ni. 1/) <ref>Vagbhata, Ashtang Hridayam, Nidanasthana Adhyaya 1/3, Edited by Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya, Ninth Edition, Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi, 2002, 441 </ref>. This is also substantiated in the Ashtanga Sangraha (A S Ni 1/8) [13] | + | Vagbhata opines that ''poorvarupa'' are signs and symptoms that appear earlier to the actual disease, not specifically assignable to the ''doshas'' as they are mild (not clearly recognizable) and few in number. (A. H. Ni. 1/) <ref>Vagbhata, Ashtang Hridayam, Nidanasthana Adhyaya 1/3, Edited by Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya, Ninth Edition, Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi, 2002, 441 </ref>. This is also substantiated in the Ashtanga Sangraha (A S Ni 1/8)<ref>Vagbhata, Ashtang Sangraham, Nidanasthana Adhyaya 1/11, Edited by Dr D V Pandit Rao, First Edition, CCRAS, New Delhi, 1991, 554 </ref> |
| Gangadhara, commentator of [[Charaka Samhita]], describes two types of ''Poorvarupa'': | | Gangadhara, commentator of [[Charaka Samhita]], describes two types of ''Poorvarupa'': |