E. abhyantara middle, and āyāma length.
of the spine, considered as one of the diseases produced
by the derangement of the temperamental element air (see
vātavyādhi) and thus described by Suśruta: aṅgulīgulphaja-
ṭharahṛdvakṣogalasaṃśritaḥ . snāyupratānamanilo yadi kṣipati vega-
vān . viṣṭabdhākṣaḥ stabdhahanurbhagnapārśvaḥ kaphaṃ vaman . abhyantaraṃ
dhanuriva yadi namati mānavaḥ . tadā so'bhyantarāyāmaṃ kurute
māruto balī .. ‘When deranged air pervading fingers,
ankles, belly, heart, chest and neck, contracts the muscles
(of these parts), when the eyes and jaws of the patient
become fixed and his sides (at it were) broken, when he
vomits phlegm and his body is bent inwards (i. e. for-
wards), such deranged air produces the disease Abhyantarā-
yāma’. Comp. vāhyāyāma. E. abhyantara (Avyayībh.) and āyāma.
m. (-maḥ) Curvature of the spine by spasm; emprosthonos.
E.
abhyantara middle, and āyāma length.
— Vgl. bāhyāyāma .