A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c16.6

v1.c16.6

The Sūtrasthāna is divided into seven groups of four chapters (catuṣka) and two summarizing chapters (saṃgrahādhyāyas).¹⁰ The names of the catuṣkas are: bheṣaja-,¹¹ bheṣajāśraya-,¹² or auṣadhacatuṣka¹³ (Sū.1–4); svastha-,¹⁴ svasthavṛtta-,¹⁵ or svāsthyavṛttacatuṣka¹⁶ (Sū.5–8); nirdeśa-¹⁷ or nairdeśikacatuṣka¹⁸ (Sū.9–12); kalpanā¹⁹ or prakalpanācatuṣka²⁰ (Sū.13–16); roga-²¹ or rogādhyāyacatuṣka²² (Sū. 17–20); yojanācatuṣka²³ (Sū.21–24); annapāna-,²⁴ annapānika-,²⁵ or annaviniścayacatuṣka²⁶ (Sū.25–28).