A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.79

v1.c24.79

Chapter six (dūtādivijñānīya) deals with the following subjects: a messenger (dūta) belonging to the same religious community (pākhaṇḍa), stage of life (āśrama) and social class (varṇa) (as the patient) augurs well; if otherwise, he bodes ill (6.1);¹³⁶ characteristics of inauspicious messengers (6.2–16);¹³⁷ inauspicious omina on the way to the patient (6.17–23ab);¹³⁸ good and bad omina on the way to the patient (6.23cd–27);¹³⁹ bad omina observed on entering the patient's house (6.28);¹⁴⁰ auspicious omina of the same group (6.30–39);¹⁴¹ inauspicious dreams (6.40cd–60);¹⁴² the seven types of dreams (6.61);¹⁴³ the effects of dreams, dependent on their type and various circumstances (6.62–65ab);¹⁴⁴ auspicious dreams (6.65cd–71ab);¹⁴⁵ features indicating the recovery of health (6.71cd–73ab).¹⁴⁶