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Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Visarpaka (विसर्पक) refers to “skin diseases”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 19.121-128, while describing the prevention of natural disasters]—“[...] [He performs the ritual when people are afflicted by] skin diseases, etc., fevers, untimely death or various sorts of pain, past faults or seizing spirits. Diseases from snake poison, etc., insect bites, etc., rheumatism, change in form, phlegm, hemorrhoids, eye diseases, skin diseases (visarpaka), etc., internal disease, and sickness caused by wounds, etc., by the thousands [can occur] if various sorts of evils touch the Maṇḍala, a defect arises from offense [occurs]. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Visarpaka (ವಿಸರ್ಪಕ):—[noun] = ವಿಸರ್ಪ - [visarpa -] 2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)

The Abhinava-Madhavanidana of Rajaguru Kavicandra < [Volume 3 (1993)]

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