A History of Sanskrit Literature c34.s2.9
A History of Sanskrit Literature c34.s2.9
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c34.s2.9
The Saṁhitā begins with a Sūtrasthāna, which deals with general questions and makes out that Suçruta's teacher was king Divodāsa of Benares, an incorporation of Dhanvantari, physician of the gods. In Nidānasthāna (ii) pathology is developed;