A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.s8.6

v1.c23.s8.6

Apart from salts,⁷⁸⁹ caustics (kṣāra)⁷⁹⁰ and some types of añjana,⁷⁹¹ the Suśrutasaṃhitā mentions:⁷⁹² āgāradhūma⁷⁹³ (Sū.14.35; Ci.9.10); āla⁷⁹⁴ (Ci.1.107 and 108; 9.27 and 55; 19.18; 20.21; 25.38; U.11.9; 52.22); ananta⁷⁹⁵ (Śā.10.13); aśmajajatu⁷⁹⁶ (U.41.57); aśmajātajatu⁷⁹⁷ (U.46.24); aśmantaka⁷⁹⁸ (U.15.26); aśmasāra⁷⁹⁹ (U.59.24); audumbara⁸⁰⁰ (U.18.63 and 85); ayas (iron) and ayorajas (powdered iron) (Sū.9.19; 11.11; 16.18; Ci.10.11 and 12; 13.7; 19.47; 25.28; 35.12; 44.17 and 21; U.15.26; 17.85; 18.62; 44.17); ayaskānta⁸⁰¹ (Sū.7.15; 27.1); ayomala⁸⁰² (U.44.24 and 32); bhasmaśarkarā⁸⁰³ (Sū.11.11); dhātumākṣika⁸⁰⁴ (Ci.9.6); gairika⁸⁰⁵ (Sū.14.36; Ci.19.30 and 40;