A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s5.1

v3.c42.s5.1

The contents of the Bhelasaṃhitā are summarily listed in the middle of the Sūtrasthāna (17.7cd–9ab), and said to consist of a Sūtrasthāna in thirty chapters, a Nidāna-, Vimāna- and Śārīrasthāna in eight chapters, ⁷ an Indriyasthāna in twelve chapters, a Cikitsāsthāna in thirty, a Kalpasthāna in twelve, and, finally, a Siddhisthāna in twelve chapters. This table shows that the arrangement in sections (sthāna) and the number of chapters in each section are exactly the same as in the Carakasaṃhitā.