A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c16.9

v1.c16.9

Chapters written in a mixture of verse and prose are frequent, particularly in the Sūtrasthāna. Chapters four, eight, twelve, fifteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-five and twenty-nine of the Sūtrasthāna, the Nidānasthāna, the Vimānasthāna, and chapters three to eight of the Śārīrasthāna are mainly in prose; several chapters of the Sūtrasthāna, chapters four to twelve of the Indriyasthāna, chapters two to thirty of the Cikitsāsthāna, chapters two to twelve of the Kalpasthāna, chapters one, three to eight, nine and eleven of the Siddhisthāna are mainly in verse.