A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.181

v1.c25.181

A series of verses contain various recipes of antidotes for use by the king (8.74–96). ³⁴⁴ Substances of animal origin, ³⁴⁵ as well as metals, form conspicuous ingredients of these and the preceding compound drugs. An authority quoted is Gautama (8.86). Hṛdayāvaraṇa by means of ajeya- and amṛtaghṛta is also mentioned (8.89). ³⁴⁶