A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s13.3

v3.c42.s13.3

The internal arrangement diverges considerably from that of the other samhitas. The number of chapters is 102; one additional chapter, the pariśiṣṭādhyāya, is found at the end. The chapters are distributed over six sections (sthāna), the names of which are given in the text (I.2.3–4) and in part of the colophons of sections IV, V and VI. The name of each chapter is found in the colophon only, in contrast with the *Caraka*-, *Suśruta*-, *Bhela*-, and *Kāśyapasamhita*, where the title of a chapter figures at the beginning. A detailed table of contents is absent.⁷