A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s5.14

v3.c42.s5.14

The Nidānasthāna describes nearly the same eight major diseases as the Nidāna section of the *Carakasaṃhitā*, in a slightly different order. However, one exception should be noticed: kāsa has taken the place of raktapitta, though the latter disorder belongs to the eight diseases dealt with in the Cikitsāsthāna, while chapter twenty of that section is concerned with the treatment of kāsa. In this regard it is very remarkable that the Tuyoq fragment of Bhela, already referred to, reads raktapitta instead of kāsa in the last lines of chapter eight of the Nidānasthāna, where the diseases described in that section are listed. This made Lüders³⁴ infer that the Tuyoq fragment represents a more original state of the text than the Tanjore MS.