A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.177

v1.c25.177

The next section, in verse, is concerned with the storage room for medicines (bheṣajāgāra)326 and its location (8.25cd–26ab);327 the royal kitchen (mahānasa), its construction and location, the personnel to be employed,328 and the qualities required for these persons³²⁹ (8.26cd–31); ³³⁰ the qualities required in the royal physician, who also accompanies the army on march (8.32–33); ³³¹ the measures to be taken by the physician for protection of the army from being poisoned in all sorts of ways (8.34–40); ³³² the characteristics of poisoned water and soil, and the counter-measures to be taken (8.41–48ab); ³³³ the same concerning poisoned air (8.48cd–53ab); ³³⁴ the poison-girl (8.53cd–56); ³³⁵ precautions the king should take concerning his food (8.57).