A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.180

v1.c23.180

The subjects are: the importance of diet (46.3); the properties and actions of the varieties of śāli rice 493 (46.4–7), 494 ṣaṣṭika rice (46.8–11), 495 vrīhi rice (46.12–14), 496 śāli grown on burnt fields (46.15), rice growing in a dry type of soil (sthalaja) 497 and on irrigated fields (kaidāra) 498 (46.16–17), rice which has been transplanted once (ropya) or several times (atiropya) (46.18–19), inferior cereals (kudhānya) 499 (46.20–26), 500 pulses (vaidala) 501 (46.27–38), sesamum (tila) (46.39–40), 502 barley (yava) 503 and atiyava (46.41–43ab), 504 wheat (godhūma) (46.43cd–44ab), 505 various kinds of beans (śimba) (46.44cd–48ab), the seeds of kusumbha (46.48cd), linseed (atasī) (46.49ab), white and black mustard seeds (siddhārthaka and asitasarṣapa) (46.49cd–50ab); 506 some generalities on all the items from rice to mustard seeds (46.50cd–52).