A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c6.44

v1.c6.44

The two parts of volume I are devoted to four basic texts, their commentaries, and the authorities associated with these texts. The central position of these elaborate treatises and their influence on the later literature, which can therefore be designated as post-classical, made it not only unavoidable, but desirable, even necessary, to allot much space to their description, which, moreover, gave me the opportunity to refer to a large part of the secondary literature on many basic terms and concepts, and to provide cross-references. The four classical works are presented in the form of summaries, rather dissimilar from the synopses available for the Carakasaṃhitā and Suśrutasaṃhitā.