apatānaka

E. apa down, tana to spread, ṇvul aff.

of the vital air (see vātavyādhi), viz. a spasmodic contraction

of the body; described thus: ‘if the vital air, much af-

fected with phlegm, stops in the tubular vessels, it causes

the patient to fall down at intervals’. E. tan, in the caus.,

with apa, kṛt aff. ṇvul.

m. (-kaḥ) Spasmodic contraction: see the last.

E. apa down, tana
to spread, ṇvul aff.

— Vgl. apatantra .