A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.612.1

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The subjects dealt with are: the body, its six major parts, the minor parts (5.2); 136 the body is composed of the mahābhūtas, which in their turn consist of the mahāguṇas, 137 based in their turn on cetanā (5.3); the products of the mahābhūtas are of very numerous kinds (5.4); the relationships between the five mahābhūtas and the three guṇas; 138 the main characteristics of the five mahābhūtas: apratighāta, calatva, auṣṇya, dravatā, kāṭhinya; each mahābhūta has its specific seat in one of the senses (5.5); 139 bodily structures and functions connected with one of the mahābhūtas in particular (5.6); 140 the parts of the body deriving from the mother (5.7) 141 and the father (5.8), 142 from the ātman (5.9), 143 from sātmya (5.10), 144 and from rasa (5.11); 145 characteristics deriving from sattva (5.12), 146 rajas (5.13), 147 and tamas (5.14); 148 a synonym of sattva is manas; rajas and tamas are afflictions (upaplava) of manas (5.15); the constituents of the body; the six layers of the skin arise from blood, in the same way as the coagulated layers on the surface of milk which is boiled; 149 the pure part (prasā- da) of blood arises from the prasāda of the layers of the skin (5.16); 150 the seven layers of the skin, their names, and the diseases located in them (5.17); 151 the description of a kalā in general (5.19); 152 descriptions of each of the seven kalās (5.20–24); 153 the five senses (buddhīndriya), their objects and seats (adhiṣṭhāna) (5.25);