A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.641

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saindhava (mentioned very often); sāmudra(ka) (Sū.1.89; 27.304; Vi.8.141); sauvarcala (mentioned very often); vāluka(la); viḍa (often mentioned). The group of two salts (Sū.2.5; Ci.5.80; 17.125; 26.101) consists of sauvarcala and saindhava, the three salts (Ci.15.177 and 183; 20.25; Si.9.18) consist of sauvarcala, saindhava and viḍa; the groups of four salts (Ci.12.43 and 15.111) and five salts (Sū.1.88cd–89ab; Ci.13.127; 15.106; Si.11.33) are formed when audbhida, respectively audbhida and sāmudra, are added to the three salts. Cf. Su.Sū.46.313–321. See on Indian types of salt and words for salts: K.T. Achaya (1994): 114; E. Balfour (1968): III, 504–507; N.S. Mooss (1987); A.K. Nadkarni (1954): II, 90–93, 97–101, 108–114; *H. Reichelt (1924); R.N. Saletore (1975): 152–154, 250–251; P. Thieme (1961); Watt VI, part II, 393–430; WIRM IX, 184–193. See on the meaning of salt in Indian culture: H. Falk (1986): 81–84; J. Gonda (1965): 409–410; J.J. Meyer (1937): I, 220, II, 32, 119, III, 185; E. Thurston (1912). See on the history of salt in general: M.J. Schleiden (1875).