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In the situations mentioned above, the ''doshas'' get aggravated and affect individuals whose minds are already afflicted by ''rajas'' and ''tamas''. The ''doshas'' (so aggravated) pervade the heart which is, as mentioned earlier, the abode of consciousness, as well as the sense organs. While there, the ''doshas'' get further aggravated by emotions such as passion, anger, fear, greed, attachment, excitement, grief, anxiety, perturbation etc., consequently spreading throughout the heart and the sense organs. The individual is then said to have been afflicted with ''apasmara''. [4]

In the situations mentioned above, the ''doshas'' get aggravated and affect individuals whose minds are already afflicted by ''rajas'' and ''tamas''. The ''doshas'' (so aggravated) pervade the heart which is, as mentioned earlier, the abode of consciousness, as well as the sense organs. While there, the ''doshas'' get further aggravated by emotions such as passion, anger, fear, greed, attachment, excitement, grief, anxiety, perturbation etc., consequently spreading throughout the heart and the sense organs. The individual is then said to have been afflicted with ''apasmara''. [4]

==== Characteristic features of apasmara ====

==== Characteristic features of ''apasmara'' ====

अपस्मारं पुनः स्मृतिबुद्धिसत्त्वसम्प्लवाद्बीभत्सचेष्टमावस्थिकं तमः प्रवेशमाचक्षते ||५||  

अपस्मारं पुनः स्मृतिबुद्धिसत्त्वसम्प्लवाद्बीभत्सचेष्टमावस्थिकं तमः प्रवेशमाचक्षते ||५||  

apasmAraM punaH smRutibuddhisattvasamplavAdbIbhatsaceShTamAvasthikaM tamaHpraveshamAcakShate||5||  

apasmAraM punaH smRutibuddhisattvasamplavAdbIbhatsaceShTamAvasthikaM tamaHpraveshamAcakShate||5||  

Apasmara is characterized by occasional loss of consciousness associated with aberrant activities (like vomiting of froth and abnormal postures of the body) and behavior, due to perversion of memory, intellect and other psychic faculties. [5]

''Apasmara'' is characterized by occasional loss of consciousness associated with aberrant activities (like vomiting of froth and abnormal postures of the body) and behavior, due to perversion of memory, intellect and other psychic faculties. [5]

तस्येमानि पूर्वरूपाणि भवन्ति; तद्यथा- भ्रूव्युदासः सततमक्ष्णोर्वैकृतमशब्दश्रवणंलालासिङ्घाणप्रस्रवणमनन्नाभिलषणमरोचकाविपाकौ हृदयग्रहः कुक्षेराटोपो दौर्बल्यमस्थिभेदोऽङ्गमर्दो मोहस्तमसो दर्शनंमूर्च्छा भ्रमश्चाभीक्ष्णं स्वप्ने च मदनर्तनव्यधनव्यथनवेपनपतनादीनीति ||६||  

तस्येमानि पूर्वरूपाणि भवन्ति; तद्यथा- भ्रूव्युदासः सततमक्ष्णोर्वैकृतमशब्दश्रवणंलालासिङ्घाणप्रस्रवणमनन्नाभिलषणमरोचकाविपाकौ हृदयग्रहः कुक्षेराटोपो दौर्बल्यमस्थिभेदोऽङ्गमर्दो मोहस्तमसो दर्शनंमूर्च्छा भ्रमश्चाभीक्ष्णं स्वप्ने च मदनर्तनव्यधनव्यथनवेपनपतनादीनीति ||६||  

tato~anantaramapasmArAbhinirvRuttireva||7||  

tato~anantaramapasmArAbhinirvRuttireva||7||  

Premonitory symptoms of apasmara include contraction of eyebrows, erratic and constant movement of eyes, auditory hallucinations, excessive salivation, and nasal discharge. There is frequent accompaniment of anorexia, indigestion, and general disinclination towards food, chest congestion, distension of the lower abdomen accompanied with gurgling sound, weakness, cracking pain in bones and malaise, unconsciousness, a feeling of despondency or depression, fainting and giddiness, and frequent dreams of scenes of intoxication, dancing, murdering, aching, shivering and falling. [6]

Premonitory symptoms of ''apasmara'' include contraction of eyebrows, erratic and constant movement of eyes, auditory hallucinations, excessive salivation, and nasal discharge. There is frequent accompaniment of anorexia, indigestion, and general disinclination towards food, chest congestion, distension of the lower abdomen accompanied with gurgling sound, weakness, cracking pain in bones and malaise, unconsciousness, a feeling of despondency or depression, fainting and giddiness, and frequent dreams of scenes of intoxication, dancing, murdering, aching, shivering and falling. [6]

These are some common premonitory symptoms of apasmara. [7]

These are some common premonitory symptoms of ''apasmara''. [7]

==== Specific types and features of apasmara ====

==== Specific types and features of apasmara ====