[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works Mineral, vegetable and animal drugs with Sanskrit names, properties and preparations quoted from medical texts; glossary of Indian plants by King. - **Language:** English - **Authors:** [Udoy Chand Dutt](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dutt-uc), [George King](https://indike.org/pramana/person/king-g) - **Extent:** 2,037 passages, 101,525 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Calcutta: Thacker, Spink 1877; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Udoy Chand Dutt; George King †1909); published before… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c1) — 2 parts - [c2 Materia Medica](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c2) — 12 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3) — 42 parts - [c4 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4) — 27 parts - [c5 Part II. Vegetable Materia Medica](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5) — 30 parts - [c6 Part III. Animal Materia Medica](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6) — 8 parts - [c7 A Glossary of Indian Plants Mentioned in Sanskrit Medical Works with Bengali, Hindi and Latin Synonyms](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c7) — 42 parts - [c8 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c8) — 53 parts - [c9 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c9) — 16 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) · Pramāṇa