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# Garudapurana 1.168

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.168

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.168.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.54) — 1 part

### [1.168.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 168  
nidānaṃ samāptam /  
dhanvantariruvāca /  
sarvarogaharaṃ siddhaṃ yogasāraṃ vadāmyaham /  
śṛṇu suśrutaṃ saṃkṣepātprāṇināṃ jīvahetave //

> Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 168 / The diagnosis is concluded. / Dhanvantari said: / I shall state the proven essence of therapeutic formulations that removes all diseases; / listen briefly, O Suśruta, for the sake of the life of living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.2)

kaṣāyakaṭutiktāmlarūkṣāhārādibhojanāt /  
cintāvyavayavyāyāmabhayaśokaprajāgarāt //

> From eating astringent, pungent, bitter, sour, and unctuous food and the like, / from worry, sexual intercourse, physical exercise, fear, grief, and keeping vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.3)

uccairbhāṣātibhārācca karmayogātikarṣaṇāt /  
vāyuḥ kupyati parjanye jīrṇānne dinasaṃkṣaye //

> from loud talking, lifting heavy loads, and overexertion from activity, / vāyu becomes vitiated in cloudy weather, when food is digested, and at the end of the day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.4)

uṣṇāmla lavaṇakṣārakaṭukājīrṇabhojanāt /  
tīkṣṇātapāgnisantāpamadyakrodhaniṣevaṇāt //

> From eating hot, sour, salty, alkaline, pungent, and undigested food, / from excessive exposure to harsh sunshine, fire, and heat, and from indulging in wine and anger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.5)

vidāhakāle bhuktasya madhyāhne jaladātyaye /  
grīṣmakāler'ddharātre 'pi pittaṃ kupyati dehinaḥ //

> during the period of burning digestion of food, at midday, at the end of the rainy season, / in summer, and also at midnight, pitta becomes vitiated in an embodied being.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.6)

svādvamlalavaṇasnigdhaguruśītātibhojanāt /  
navānnapicchilānūpamāṃsādeḥ sevanādapi //

> From eating excessively sweet, sour, salty, unctuous, heavy, and cold food, / and from consuming new grain, slimy food, marshland meat, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.7)

avyāyāma divāsvapnaśayyāsanasukhādibhiḥ /  
kaphapradoṣo bhukte ca vasante ca prakupyati //

> from lack of exercise, day-sleeping, and the comforts of bed and seat, / the vitiation of kapha is provoked during \[early\] digestion and in the spring.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.8)

dehapāruṣyasaṃkocatodaviṣṭambhakādayaḥ /  
tathā ca suptā romaharṣastambhanaśoṣaṇam //

> Roughness of the body, contractions, pricking pain, constipation, and so forth, / as well as numbness, horripilation, stiffness, and emaciation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.9)

śyāmatvamaṅgaviśleṣabalamāyāsavardhanam /  
vāyorliṅgāni tairyuktaṃ rogaṃ vātātmakaṃ vadet //

> dark discoloration, looseness of the limbs, and increased fatigue despite exertion— / these are the signs of vāyu; a disease characterized by them one should declare as born of vāyu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.10)

dāhoṣmapādasaṃkledakoparāgapariśramāḥ /  
kaṭvamlaśavavaigandhyasvedamūrchātitṛṭbhramāḥ //

> Burning sensation, feverish heat, moistness of the feet, anger, redness, exhaustion, / pungent or sour corpse-like foul odor, sweating, fainting, excessive thirst, dizziness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.11)

hāridraṃ haritatvañca pittaliṅgānvitairnaraḥ /  
dehe snigdhatvamādhuryacirakāritvabandhanam //

> yellow and green discoloration—a person endowed with these has the signs of pitta. / Unctuousness of the body, sweetness \[in the mouth\], slowness of action, obstruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.12)

staimityatṛptisaṅghātaśothaśatilagauravam /  
kaṇḍūnidrābhiyogaśca lakṣaṇaṃ kaphasambhavam //

> numbness, satiety, compactness, swelling, coldness, heaviness, / itching, and excessive sleep are the symptoms arising from kapha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.13)

hetulakṣaṇasaṃsargādvidyādvyādhiṃ dvidoṣajam /  
sarvahetusamutpannaṃ triliṅgaṃ sānnipātikam //

> From the combination of causes and symptoms, one should know a disease born of two doṣas; / that which arises from all causes and has three sets of signs is sānnipātika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.14)

doṣadhātumalādhāro dehināṃ deha ucyate /  
teṣāṃ samatvamārogyaṃ kṣayavṛddherviparyayaḥ //

> The body of embodied beings is said to be the receptacle of the doṣas, tissues, and wastes; / their balance is health, while decrease or increase is its opposite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.15)

vasāsṛṅmāṃsamedo 'sthimajjāśukrāṇi dhātavaḥ /  
vātapittakaphā doṣā viṇmūtrādyā malāḥ smṛtāḥ //

> Fat, blood, flesh, adipose tissue, bone, marrow, and semen are the tissues; / vāta, pitta, and kapha are the doṣas; stool, urine, and the rest are considered wastes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.16)

vāyuḥ śīto laghuḥ sūkṣmaḥ svaranāśīsthiro balī /  
pittamamlakaṭūṣṇañcāpaṅktī rogakāraṇam //

> Vāyu is cold, light, subtle, unsteady, mobile, and strong; / pitta is sour, pungent, hot, and indigestion is the cause of disease;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.17)

madhuro lavaṇaḥ snigdho guruḥ śleṣamātipicchilaḥ /  
gudaśroṇyāśrayo vāyuḥ pittaṃ pakvāśayasthitam //

> phlegm is sweet, salty, unctuous, heavy, and extremely slimy. / Vāyu resides in the rectum and pelvis; pitta is located in the small intestine;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.18)

kaphasyāmāśayasthānaṃ kaṇṭho vā mūrdhasandhayaḥ /  
kaṭutiktakaṣāyāśca kopayanti samīraṇam //

> The stomach is the site of phlegm, or the throat and the sutures of the cranium.  
> Pungent, bitter, and astringent \[tastes\] agitate the wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.19)

kaṭvamlalavaṇāḥ pittaṃ svādūṣṇalavaṇāḥ kapham /  
eta eva viparyastāḥ śamāyaiṣāṃ prayojitāḥ /  
bhavanti rogiṇāṃ śāntyai svasthāne sukhahetavaḥ //

> Pungent, sour, and saline \[tastes agitate\] bile; sweet, hot, and saline \[tastes agitate\] phlegm.  
> These very \[tastes\] reversed, applied for their pacification,  
> lead to relief for the diseased, and become causes of well-being in health.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.20)

cakṣuṣyo madhuro jñeyo rasadhātuvivahddhanaḥ /  
amlottaro manohṛdyaṃ tathā dīpanapācanam //

> The sweet \[taste\] is known as beneficial to the eyes, increasing the fluid-tissue.  
> The prominently sour is delightful to the mind, as well as an appetizer and digestive.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.21)

dīpanojvaratṛṣṇāghnastiktaḥ śodhanaśoṣaṇaḥ /  
pittalo lekhana stambhī kaṣāyo grāhiśoṣaṇaḥ //

> The bitter \[taste\] is an appetizer, destroying fever and thirst, cleansing and drying.  
> The astringent produces bile, is scarifying, constipating, binding, and drying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.22)

rasavīryavipākānāmāśrayaṃ dravyamuttamam /  
rasapākāntarasthāyi sarvadravyāśrayaṃ drutam //

> Substance is the excellent repository of taste, potency, and post-digestive effect;  
> it endures throughout the change of taste, and rapidly supports all entities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.23)

śītoṣṇaṃ lavaṇaṃ vīryamatha vā śaktiriṣyate /  
rasānāṃ dvividhaḥ pāko kaṭureva ca //

> Potency is regarded as cold and hot, or else as saline energy.  
> The post-digestive effect of tastes is twofold, and also pungent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.24)

bhiṣagbheṣajarogārtaparicārakasampadaḥ /  
cikitsāṅgānicatvāri viparītānyasiddhaye //

> The excellence of the physician, the medicine, the afflicted patient, and the attendant—  
> these are the four limbs of medical treatment; the reverse lead to failure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.25)

deśakālavayovahnisāmyaprakṛtibheṣajam /  
dehasattvabalavyādhīnbuddhvā karma samācaret //  
bahūdakanago 'nūpaḥ kaphamārutakopavān /  
jāṅgalo 'paraśākhī ca raktapittagadottaraḥ //

> Having understood the region, season, age, digestive fire, habituation, constitution, and medicine,  
> as well as body, mind, strength, and disease, one should perform the treatment.  
> A marshy region has abundant water and hills, and aggravates phlegm and wind;  
> a dry-shrub region has different trees, and is dominated by disorders of blood and bile.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.26)

saṃsṛṣṭalakṣaṇopeto deśaḥ sādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /  
bāla ā ṣoḍaśānmadhyaḥ saptatervṛddha ucyate //

> A region endowed with mixed characteristics is considered moderate.  
> One is called a child up to sixteen, middle-aged up to seventy, and old thereafter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.27)

kaphapittānilāḥ prāyo yathākramamudīritāḥ /  
kṣārāgniśastrarahitā kṣīṇe pravayasi kriyāḥ //

> Phlegm, bile, and wind are generally said to be predominant in these stages respectively.  
> In decaying old age, treatments should be devoid of alkalis, cautery, and surgical instruments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.28)

kṛśasya vṛṃhaṇaṃ kāryaṃsthūladehasya karṣaṇam /  
rakṣaṇaṃ madhyakāyasya dehabhedāstrayo matāḥ //

> For an emaciated person, nourishing therapy must be performed; for a stout body, reducing therapy;  
> for an average frame, maintenance. The divisions of the body are considered three.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.29)

sthairyavyāyāmasantoṣairboddhavyaṃ yatnato balam /  
avikārī mahotsāho mahāsāhasiko naraḥ //

> Strength should be carefully assessed through firmness, exercise, and contentment.  
> \[A strong\] man is free from affliction, possessed of great vigour, and greatly daring.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.30)

pānāhārādayo yasya viruddhāḥ prakṛterapi /  
śvasukhāyopakalpyante tatsāmyamiti kathyate //

> The drinks, foods, and the like which, even if contrary to one's constitution,  
> conduce to one's well-being, that is called habituation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.31)

garbhiṇyāḥ ślaiṣmikairbhakṣyaiḥ ślaiṣmiko jāyate naraḥ /  
vātalaiḥ pittalaistadvatsamadhāturhitāśanāt //

> From phlegm-producing foods eaten by a pregnant woman, a phlegmatic person is born;  
> likewise from wind-producing and bile-producing foods; from beneficial food, one of balanced bodily constituents is born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.32)

kṛśo rūkṣo 'lpakeśaśca calacitto naraḥ sthitaḥ /  
bahuvākyarataḥ svapnevātaprakṛtiko naraḥ //

> A lean, dry, sparse-haired man, unstable in mind,  
> devoted to talking much, \[flying\] in dreams—such a man has a wind constitution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.33)

akālapalito gauraḥ prasvedī kopano budhaḥ /  
svapne 'pi dīptimatprekṣī pittaprakṛtirucyate //

> Prematurely greying, fair, sweating profusely, irritable, intelligent,  
> beholding blazing \[fire\] even in dreams—such is said to be of a bile constitution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.34)

sthiracittaḥ svaraḥ sūkṣmaḥ prasannaḥ snigdhamūrdhajaḥ /  
svapne jalaśilālokī śleṣma prakṛtiko naraḥ //

> Firm of mind, with a fine voice, serene, with glossy hair,  
> beholding water and rocks in dreams—such a man has a phlegm constitution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.35)

saṃmiśralakṣaṇairjñeyo dvitridoṣānvayo naraḥ /  
doṣasyetarasadbhāve 'pyadhikā prakṛtiḥ smṛtāḥ //

> A man endowed with two or three humours is known by mixed characteristics;  
> even if other humours are present, the constitution is called after the predominant one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.36)

mandastīkṣṇo 'tha viṣamaḥ samaścaiti caturvidhāḥ /  
kaphapittānilādhikyāttatsāmyājjāṭharo 'nalaḥ //

> The digestive fire is fourfold: sluggish, intense, erratic, and balanced,  
> due to the predominance of phlegm, bile, and wind, or due to their balance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.37)

samasya pālanaṃ kāryaṃ viṣame vātanigrahaḥ /  
tīkṣṇe pittapratīkāro mande śleṣmaviśodhanam //

> Maintenance must be performed for the balanced \[fire\]; subdual of wind for the erratic;  
> remedying of bile for the intense; and cleansing of phlegm for the sluggish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.38)

prabhavaḥ sarvarogāṇāmajīrṇaṃ cāgnināśanam /  
āmāmlarasaviṣṭambha lakṣaṇantaccaturvidham //

> Indigestion is the source of all diseases, and the destroyer of digestive fire;  
> and that is of four kinds, characterized by undigested, sour, chyme, and obstructed \[states\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.39)

āmādviṣūcikā caiva hṛdālasyādayastathā /  
vacālavaṇatoyena chardanaṃ tatra kārayet //

> From the undigested state comes cholera, as well as heart-sluggishness and the like;  
> in that case, one should induce vomiting with calamus and saline water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.40)

śukrābhāvo bhramo mūrchā tarṣo 'mlātsaṃpravartate /  
apakvaṃ tatra śītāmbupānaṃ vātaniṣevaṇam //

> Loss of semen, dizziness, fainting, and thirst arise from the sour state;  
> there, when it is unassimilated, drinking cold water and resorting to wind \[is prescribed\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.41)

gātrabhaṅgaṃ śirojāḍyaṃ bhaktadoṣādayo gadān /  
tasminsvāpo divā kāryolaṅghanaṃ ca vivarjanam //

> Malaise of the limbs, heaviness of the head, and disorders caused by food faults—  
> in that case, day-sleeping, fasting, and abstention \[from food\] should be undertaken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.42)

śūlagulmau ca viṇmūtrasthānaviṣṭambhasūcakau /  
vidheyaṃ svedanaṃ tatra pānīyaṃ lavaṇodakam //

> Colic and abdominal swelling indicate the retention of faeces and urine;  
> sweating should be administered there, and salted water as a drink.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.43)

āmamamlaṃ ca viṣṭabdhaṃ kaphapittānilaiḥ kramāt /  
ālipya jaṭharaṃ prājño hiṅgutryūṣaṇasaindhavaiḥ //

> The undigested, the sour, and the obstructed \[arise\] from phlegm, bile, and wind in order.  
> The wise physician, having anointed the abdomen with asafoetida, tryūṣaṇa, and rock salt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.44)

divāsvapnaṃ prakurvīta sarvājīrṇavināśanam /  
ahitānnai rogarāśirahitānnaṃ tatastyajet //

> should have him sleep by day, which destroys all indigestion.  
> A host of diseases comes from unwholesome food; therefore one should abandon unwholesome food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.45)

uṣṇāmbu vānupānaṃ ca mākṣikaiḥ pācanaṃ bhavet /  
karīradadhimatsyaiśca prāyaḥ kṣīraṃ virudhyate //

> Warm water as a post-prandial drink, or with honey, serves as a digestive.  
> Milk is generally incompatible with shoots of Capparis, curd, and fish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.46)

bilvaḥ śoṇā ca gambhārī pāṭalā gaṇikārikā /  
dīpanaṃ kaphavātaghnaṃ pañcamūlamidaṃ mahat //

> Bilva, śoṇā, gambhārī, pāṭalā, and gaṇikārikā—  
> this great five-root combination is an appetizer and destroys phlegm and wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.47)

śālaparṇo pṛśriparṇo bṛhatīdvayagokṣuram /  
vātapittaharaṃ vṛṣyaṃ kanīyaḥ pañcamūlakam //

> Śālaparṇī, pṛśniparṇī, the two bṛhatīs, and gokṣura—  
> this lesser five-root combination removes wind and bile, and is aphrodisiac.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.48)

ubhayaṃ daśasūlaṃ syātsannipātajvarāpaham /  
kāse śvāse ca tandrāyāṃ pārśvaśūle ca śasyate //

> Both combined make daśamūla, which removes fevers born of combined humours;  
> it is commended in cough, dyspnoea, drowsiness, and pleurodynia.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.49)

etaistailāni sarpoṣi pralepādalakāṃ jayet /  
kvāthāccaturguṇaṃ vāri pādasthaṃ syāccaturguṇam //

> With these, through oils, clarified butters, and liniments, one overcomes ailments.  
> Four times the decoction of water \[is added\]; it should be reduced to a quarter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.50)

snehañca tatsamaṃ kṣīraṃ kalkaśca snehapādakaḥ /  
saṃvartitauṣadhaiḥ pāko bastau pāne bhavetsamaḥ /  
kharo 'bhyaṅge mṛdurnasye pāko 'pi saṃprakalpayet //

> The fat, an equal amount of milk, and the paste should be a fourth part of the fat.  
> The boiling done with the compounded drugs should be medium for an enema and drink;  
> coarse for massage, and mild for nasal therapy—thus one should prepare the decocting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.51)

sthūladehandriyāścintyā prakṛtiryā tvadhiṣṭhitā /  
ārogyamiti taṃ vidyādāyuṣmantamupācaret //

> The stout body, the sense organs, and the established constitution are to be considered;  
> knowing that to be health, one should treat one who is long-lived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.52)

yo gṛhṇātīndriyairarthānviparītānsa mṛtyubhāk /  
bhiṣaṅmitragurudveṣī priyārātiśca yo bhavet //

> He who perceives objects wrongly with his senses partakes of death;  
> and he who becomes an enemy to the physician, friends, and elders, but loves his foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.53)

gulphajānulalāṭaṃ ca hanurgaṇḍastathaiva ca /  
bhraṣṭaṃ sthānacyutaṃ yasya sa jahātyacirādasūn //

> He whose ankle, knee, forehead, jaw, and cheek  
> are fallen and displaced from their position, soon yields up his breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.54)

vāmākṣimajjanaṃ jihvā śyāmā nāsā vikāriṇī /  
kṛṣṇau sthānacyutau coṣṭhau kṛṣṇāsyaṃ yasyataṃ tyajet //

> He whose left eye is sunken, tongue dark, nose deformed,  
> lips black and displaced, and mouth black—him one should abandon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.168.54.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168.54.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe vaidyakaśāstraparibhāṣā nāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Technical Terms of the Medical Treatise', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the first part of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.168.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (6)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.280.19) — Sanskrit
- [Siddhisāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhisara.1.16) — Sanskrit
- [Siddhasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhasara.p4) — Ravigupta, Sanskrit
- [Ārogyacintāmaṇi (Dāmodaramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.arogyacintamani-damodara.1.3) — Dāmodaramiśra, Sanskrit
- [Vaidyakasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.gauda.vaidyakasaroddhara.2.p74) — Brajanāthaśarman, Sanskrit
- [Vīrasiṃhāvalokana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.karmavipaka.virasimhavalokana.p1.12) — Vīrasiṃha, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.168) · Pramāṇa
