A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s8.3

v1.c26.s8.3

The procedures belonging to pañcakarman, dealt with in the Siddhisthāna of the Carakasaṃhitā and the last part of the Cikitsāsthāna of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, form part of the Sūtrasthāna and Kalpasthāna, and are, in the Sūtrasthāna, preceded by chapters on oleation (sneha) and sudation (sveda), as in Suśruta’s Cikitsāsthāna, while the chapters on these topics in Caraka’s Sūtrasthāna appear to have no appropriate context. 552 The subjects discussed in Caraka’s Indriyasthāna, which are incorporated in the Sūtrasthāna of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, are found in the last chapters of the Śārīrasthāna of Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya.