A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c36.61

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404 Cf. Su.Śā.6.34cd–36ab; A.h.Śā.4.67. 405 Cf. Su.Śā.6.31–33ab; A.h.Śā.4.66cd. 406 Cf. Su.Śā.6.22. 407 In agreement with the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Śā.6.28–29) and the Hṛdaya (Śā.4.60–62). 408 Indu says that an aṅguladala is half an aṅgula, which agrees with the Suśrutasaṃhitā and the Hṛdaya. 409 Cf. A.h.Śā.4.63a–c. 410 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.83. The comparisons are absent from the Hṛdaya; cf. Su.Śā.4.79. 411 Cf. Ca.Sū.7.39–40. 412 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.84–89. A.s.Śā.8.7a = A.h.Śā.3.86a. 413 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.90–95. A.s.Śā.8.10 = A.h.Śā.3.91; 8.11 = A.h.Śā.3.93. 414 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.96–103. A.s.Śā.8.13–14 = A.h.Śā.3.101–102. 415 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.104ab. 416 Cf. Ca.Sū.7.39–40; Vi.6.13. 417 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.104cd. 418 Jāti often means caste, but Indu interprets it in the sense of varṇa (see his characterisation of a brāhmaṇa). See on varṇa and jāti, for example: J. Jolly (1896). 419 See Indu's examples of habits particular to families. 420 Cf. Ca.Śā.4.36. 421 The Hṛdaya (Śā.3.105) takes seventy years as the limit, in conformity with the Suśrutasaṃhitā; the Samgraha follows the Carakasaṃhitā. 422 Cf. Su.Sū.35.29 (kṣirapa, kṣirānnāda, annāda). 423 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.122. 424 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.122; Su.Sū.35.31. 425 This subdivision is not found elsewhere. 426 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.122; Su.Sū.35.31. 427 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.122. 428 Caraka also distinguishes a stage lasting until thirty years, without giving it a special name. Suśruta divides the yauvana stage of the Samgraha into vṛddhi, until twenty years, and yauvana, from twenty to thirty. 429 Compare Suśruta's sampūrṇatā, also lasting up to forty. 430 Characterized as stability (neither increase nor decrease) by Indu. The Suśrutasaṃhitā differs in mentioning a slight parihāṇi as the characteristic of this stage. 431 These ten periods are not found in other āyurvedic texts. 432 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.122. 433 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.77–78. 434 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.114cd–115, 117. 435 Cf. A.h.Śā.3.116, 118. 436 Not recorded by Caraka. In agreement with Suśruta (Sū.35.12). 437 Not recorded by Caraka. In agreement with Suśruta. 438 Not recorded by Caraka. Four aṅgula long and five aṅgula broad in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 439 Not recorded by Caraka. In agreement with Suśruta. 440 Not recorded by Caraka. Five aṅgula long and four aṅgula broad in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 441 In agreement with Suśruta. Caraka (Vi.8.117) has a height of four, breadth of six, and length of fourteen aṅgula.