Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t4.55

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*Màdhava Nidànam*, written by Màdhavakara or Màdhava in short, was not divided into different segments but only composed of 70 chapters, each of which mainly probes into various prescriptions and therapies for just one disease. And such an arrangement thus became the editing standard for the medical literature of later generations in India.