A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s8.1

v1.c26.s8.1

The division into sections (sthāna) agrees, broadly, with that of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, and differs considerably from that found in the Carakasaṃhitā. The Vimāna-, Indriya- and Siddhisthānas are absent, as they are from the Suśrutasaṃhitā. An Uttarasthāna is added, in the same way as the Uttaratantra to the Suśrutasaṃhitā, but, as its title indicates, it forms an integral part of the treatise. The order of the sections differs from that found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā in placing the Śārīrasthāna before the Nidānasthāna. This may be seen as an improvement, because the subject matter is arranged more systematically in this way, by dealing first with all general subjects before beginning to describe the diseases and their treatment.