− | Krodha(rage), yakshma (sickness), jwara(fever) and roga (disease suffering) – these terms are synonymous, and indicate (misery, sorrow). Because it afflicted Chandrama, the king of stars, originally, it is called rajayakshma, or the king of diseases.This disease, having been treated by the Ashwin in the celestial world, has come down to the world of mortals (i.e., human beings). Here, it afflicts human beings after being triggered by a four-fold causative factor [11-12] | + | ''Krodha''(rage), ''yakshma'' (sickness), ''jwara''(fever) and ''roga'' (disease suffering) – these terms are synonymous, and indicate (misery, sorrow). Because it afflicted Chandrama, the king of stars, originally, it is called ''rajayakshma'', or the king of diseases.This disease, having been treated by the Ashwin in the celestial world, has come down to the world of mortals (i.e., human beings). Here, it afflicts human beings after being triggered by a four-fold causative factor [11-12] |