A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.447

v1.c25.447

The characteristics and use are described of various types of svastika (34.4),⁷⁹³ three kinds of saṃdamśa (34.5),⁷⁹⁴ the mucuṭī (34.6),⁷⁹⁵ two kinds of tālayantra (34.7),⁷⁹⁶ various kinds of nāḍīyantra (34.8–9),⁷⁹⁷ three types of arśoyantra (the third type is the śamīyantra) (34.10),⁷⁹⁸ the bhagaṇḍarayantra (34.10),⁷⁹⁹ the ghrāṇārśaḥ- and ghrāṇārbudayantra (34.10),⁸⁰⁰ the aṅgulītrāṇaka (34.11),⁸⁰¹ yonivraṇadarśanayantra (34.12),⁸⁰² nāḍīvraṇaprakṣālanābhyañjanayantra (34.12),⁸⁰³ ubhayatodvārānāḍīyantra and picchanāḍī (34.12),⁸⁰⁴ various other nāḍīyantras (34.12),⁸⁰⁵ śṛṅga, alābu and ghaṭī (34.13),⁸⁰⁶ various types of śalākā: two śalākās with a gaṇḍūpadamukha, two with a masūradalamukha,⁸⁰⁷ six of the śaṅku type (two with a ahiphaṇāmukha, two with a śarapuṅkhamukha, two with a baḍiśamukha),⁸⁰⁸ the garbhaśaṅku, agravakraśaṅku, and dantanirghātana (34.14),⁸⁰⁹ various uṣṇīśaśalākās,⁸¹⁰ three jāmbavoṣṭhas (34.15),⁸¹¹ various other types of śalākā (34.16),⁸¹² and a series of anuyantras (34.17)⁸¹³ which are to be made use of according to the purposes they are suitable to (34.18).⁸¹⁴