Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t4.61

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*Jāvaka-Pustaka* is a classical Indian medical work. Along with *Siddham* as a symbol, it includes, at least, four parts of medical literature and is characterised by the best collections of medical prescriptions. There are 91 existing prescriptions in *Jāvaka-Pustaka* and these prescriptions are divided into four forms: “Agada Prescription”, “Butter Prescription”, “Oil Prescription” and “Powder Prescription”. In *Jāvaka-Pustaka*, the prescription is arranged in accordance with different forms of the medicament and medical theory is not involved. The Sanskrit edition of *Jāvaka-pustaka* is the original text while the Khotan edition is its translation. However, one edition is not directly correlated to the other and sometimes there are gaps and omissions in contents.