Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c5.17

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¹ The concluding section is called *Uttara Sthāna* in Vāgbhaṭa’s Summary, but *Uttara Tantra* in Suśruta’s Compendium. The latter consists of five *Sthāna* and an *Uttara-tantra*, while the former is made up of six *Sthāna*. The difference in the nomenclature is significant. Suśruta’s original work consisted of only five sections (*sthāna*), to which, at a later date, a supplementary treatise (*tantra*) was added. On the other hand, the division into six sections (*sthāna*), inclusive of the supplementary treatise, was first devised by Vāgbhaṭa for his own work.