A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s17.9

v3.c42.s17.9

Mādhava's inventiveness in arranging the disorders also appears from the changed order of the members of groups of disorders, in comparison with their order in the sources. Examples are found in the chapters on galagaṇḍa (goitre), etc. (38), 26 and netraroga (eye diseases; 59). The composition of these groups does not always tally with that found in the works of Caraka, Suśruta and Vāgbhaṭa, since the author of the *Rogaviniścaya* made his own decisions. An example is the group of disorders known as upadaṃśa, which has been enlarged by adding liṅgavarti, also called liṅgārśas (warts on the penis; 47.6–7). 27 In the chapter on kṣudrarogas (55) 28 he adopts the order of the *Suśrutasaṃhitā*, but diminishes the number of diseases from forty-eight 29 to forty-three by leaving out visphoṭaka, pāmā, vicarcī, rakasā, 30 masūrikā, 31 and carma-