A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s13.7

v3.c42.s13.7

The Ariṣṭasthāna¹³ deals with diseases resulting from bad karman (1: pāpadoṣapratīkāra),¹⁴ dreams and their prognostic meaning (2: svapna),¹⁵ signs foreboding death (3: svāsthyāriṣṭa),¹⁶ unfavourable prognostic signs in a long series of diseases (4: vyādhyariṣṭa),¹⁷ alterations of the sensorial faculties (5: pañcendriyavikāra),¹⁸ afflictions caused by the nakṣatras (6: nakṣatrajñāna), oblations into the sacrificial fire (7: homavidhi), prognostic signs connected with the messenger (8: dūtapārīkṣalakṣaṇa),¹⁹ prognostic signs connected with birds (9.1–12: śakuna)²⁰ and with objects seen by the physician on his way to a patient (9.13–18: darśanāriṣṭa).²¹