A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.s3.16

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The text of the Suśrutasaṃhitā itself indicates that the treatise consists of five sections (sthāna), with a total of 120 chapters, and an Uttaratantra in sixty-six chapters. 243 The treatise is said to be an abbreviation, for the use by human beings with a restricted life span, of the original āyurveda of Svayambhū (i.e., Brahmā) in 100,000 verses and 1,000 chapters, which already existed before this deity created the living beings. 244