The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c15.31

c15.31

The external analogies in the methods of the explanation of this matter, common to Sanskrit texts and to the Accadian manual, are not rare. The headings are put at the end of chapters, the colophons resemble those of the Accadian manual. This first analogy, however, deserves to be noted only for the sake of memory, because this is the general usage in the entire Sanskrit literature. Another analogy is somewhat more remarkable as it refers to a usage, which is not equally widespread in India, though found in the Upaniṣads (*Kena*, *Īśa*), and which is nowise to be found in any Accadian text. This relates to the use of the first words of the text as its title.