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Tridoshas-unmad |
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The insanity that is born due to the effect of the tridoshas is an exceedingly dreadful condition and is incurable.
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| Agantu-unmad |
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Possession of ones body by evil spirits, gods, sages, gandharva, pisacha, yaksh, rakshasa, or the manes or failure in the proper discharge of vows in the present life or the previous one, results in
Agantu-unmad.
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| Bhutonmad |
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The man who evinces super-human power of speech, valour, prowess and behaviour in respect of knowledge, science and strength, and whose fits of insanity are indefinite as regards time is to be known as insane due to possession by bhuta (evil spirits).
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| Devonmad |
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A person who is of gentle looks, is dignified, indomitable and disciplined regarding sleep and food, whose excretions, sweat, urine, stools and flatus are scanty; whose body-odour is pleasant and whose face is radiant like a full blown lotus is to be known as
Devonmad.
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| Guruvadhyaonmad |
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A person whose behaviour, diet and speech are such that they speak of a curse, spell or obsession ascribable to teachers, elders, adepts and sages is to be known as
Gurvadhyaonmad.
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| Pitrubhirunmad |
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A person who has an agitated and drowsy look, is impeded in his speech, is apathetic to food and afflicted with anorexia and indigestion is to be known as
Pitrubhirunmad.
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| Gandhervonmad |
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A person afflicted by the gandharva grahas remains in a happy mood, likes to visit the river side and the gardens frequently, has good manners, is over-fond of music and fragrant flowers, dances with a nice smile and speaks only few sweet words.
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| Yakshonmad |
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A person who sleeps, weeps, and laughs frequently is fond of dancing, singing, music, recitation, gossip, food, drinks, garlands, incense and unguents, has blood-shot and tearful eyes, speaks ill of the twice-born and the physicians, and is given to revealing secrets is known as
Yakshonmad.
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| Rakshasonmad |
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A person, who is afflicted with insomnia, is averse to food and drink, is exceedingly strong though abstaining from food, is fond of weapons, blood, flesh, and red-coloured garlands and is migratory, is known as
Rakshasonmad.
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| Bramha-rakshasonmad |
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A person who is conspicuous for his loud guffaws and dance, who evinces hatred and contempt for gods, the Brahmans and physicians, who is given to quoting hymns, verses and learned treatises and who flagellates himself with sticks and practices self-mortification is known as
Bramha-rakshasonmad.
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| Pishachonmad |
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A person who is of morbid mentality and finds no resting-place anywhere and is given to dancing, singing, and laughter, who talks sensibly at one moment and randomly at the other, shows a liking for sitting on dung-heaps, slag-heaps, roadways, rag-heaps, haystacks, stones and wood-heaps, who has a voice that is broken and dry, who likes to be nude, who constantly runs about, never keeps to one place for any length of time, who loudly proclaims his sorrows, and is devoid of memory, is known as
Pishachonmad.
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