A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c38.77

v2.c38.77

347 The order of the first five sections of the *Kharanādasamhitā* was, according to Nṛsimhakavi’s *Vāgbhaṭamaṇḍana* (81): Sūtra-, Nidāna-, Vimāna-, Śārīra-, Indriyasthāna. Hemādri (ad A.h.Sū.8.28) refers to its Vimānasthāna, Nṛsimhakavi (*Vāgbhaṭamaṇḍana* 81) to the garbhāvakrāntiya chapter of the Śārīrasthāna, as well as to a separate chapter on the constitutions (prakṛtyadhyāya; see *Vāgbhaṭamaṇḍana* 89). The *Kharanādasamhitā* may have been composed in the form of a dialogue between Kharanāda and Punarvasu (see *Vāgbhaṭamaṇḍana* 61).