A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.256

v1.c25.256

A.s.Sū.17.3, partly corresponding to A.h.Sū.9.3b–5ab, contains additional material on the tastes; these are, with regard to their action, chedana or upaśamana; with regard to their prabhāva they are hita (salutary) or ahita (insalutary).539 The lists of qualities and actions of substances with a predominance of one of the mahābhūtas (17.4–8) are longer than in the verses of the *Hṛdaya* (Sū.9.5cd–10a).540