abhiṣaṅgajvara

fever supposed to be produced by evil spirits; its symptoms

are, according to Suśruta, alternate agitation, trembling,

laughing and crying, and, according to others, moreover,

loss of bashfulness, of consciousness and of sleep; this kind

of fever belongs to the class of the ‘accidental fevers’ (see

āgantu) and is called also bhūtāveśajvara. E. abhiṣaṅga and jvara.