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Chap.XXIV.] may be either physical* in its character (Ádhyat-mikam), or due to any disturbance in the physical environments of a man (Ádhibhautikam), or to the acts of God (Ádhidaivikam) etc. This three- fold pain may be ultimately transformed into any of the seven kinds of diseases such as, the Ádi-vala-pravritta, Janma-vala-pravritta, Dosha-vala-pravritta, Sanghata- vala-pravritta, Kala-vala-pravritta, Daiva-vala-pravritta and Svabhava- vala-pravritta.

A'di-vala-pravritta:—The disease termed Adi-vala-pravritta is ascribed to any inherent defect in the semen or the ovum of one's parent, which forms one of the original and primary factors of "being" and includes leprosy (Kushtham), hemorrhoids, phthisis etc. This type may be divided into two subdivisions, according as the disease is generated by the deranged paternal or maternal factor at the time of incubation.

Janma-vala-pravritta:—The Congenital or the Janma-vala-pravritta type usually follows such causes as an improper conduct on the part of the mother during the period of gestation, etc., and embraces such defects or maladies as (congenital) blindness, deafness, dumbness, nasal-voice, and such monstrous aberrations of nature as congenital cretinism,