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The Compendium of Kāśyapa 1.26.3

Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra) 1.26.3

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1.26.3

cikitsāsaṃpadyathopapadyate tamupāyamanuvyākhyāsyāmaḥ | catvāraḥ khalu
pādāścikitsitasyopapadyante | te yadā guṇavanta upapadyante tadā sādhyo
vyādhirnātivartate | tadyathā-bhiṣak bheṣajamāturaḥ paricāraka iti

We shall explain the means by which excellence of treatment is achieved. Indeed, there are four / pillars of treatment. When they are endowed with virtues, a curable / disease does not exceed control. Namely: the physician, the medicament, the patient, and the attendant.

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1.26.3.p1

tatra bhiṣak sutīrtho nyāyenārṣajñānaprāpto vijñānavānanekaśo dṛṣṭakarmā
viditasiddhayogo dakṣo dakṣiṇaḥ śuciranuddhataveṣaḥ sarvabhūteṣu bandhubhūtaḥ

Among them, the physician should be of good lineage of instruction, properly endowed with the knowledge of the seers, learned, experienced through repeatedly observed practice,
knowledgeable in proven formulations, competent, courteous, pure, modest in dress, friendly toward all beings,

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