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2. On account of their essential identity, the four examples may be considered to represent a single recension of the Non-medical Version, of which the example contained in the Law-book of Yājñavalkya forms the representative type. As such the latter will be treated in the sequel of the present dissertation. There exists, however, a rather different recension of the Non-medical Version—differing in essential points regarding terminology as well as numeration—in the commentary of Gaṅgādhar which accompanies his edition of Charaka’s Compendium (Śārīra Sthāna, pp. 187, 188). It becomes necessary, therefore, again to inquire into the evidence of the genuineness of the two recensions. Briefly stated the case is similar to that of the two recensions of the Medical Version in Charaka’s Compendium.