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A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s16.t2: Special features

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s16.t2

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Special features

v3.c43.s16.t2.1

The sādhāraṇa type of country is divided into two varieties according to the predominance of jāṅgala or ānūpa elements in it (10); the rules about doubling the quantity of fluids in recipes are elaborately described according to the views of several authorities (170cd–202); two varieties of fluid substances (sāma and nirāma) are distinguished (199cd–202), because the rules for doubling the quantity do not apply to the second variety; a māgadha type of prastha is mentioned, used in human medicine, and a laukika one, measuring only half of it, which is employed in veterinary medicine (208cd–211ab); the kāliṅga measures are absent; the number of palas making one prastha is moreover said to depend on the type of substance employed (211cd–217); religious rites which should accompany the preparation of medicines are often described (240–243ab; 339–344; 364cd–373ab; 377cd–388); two varieties of ariṣṭa are described, lehya and peya (390cd–391); astrological elements are prominent among the rules for determining the appropriate time of ingesting a medicine (520–524).

v3.c43.s16.t2.2

Noteworthy substances of the materia medica are: aphenaka (73), arimedavaya (73), balāpañcaka (48), barbara (124), barbarā (48),⁵⁵ barbaradvandva (68),⁵⁶ barbadavaya (115), bhañjī (54),⁵⁷ brahmabhūruha (114),⁵⁸ harimañjarikā (53),⁵⁹ jhillī (53),⁶⁰ kimśukadvandva (51), lakṣmīrdvitaya (56), lavaṅgaka (51),⁶¹ lavaṇī (55), mehāri (72),⁶² nagnajit (62),⁶³ pattrasnuh (70),⁶⁴ puṣya (57),⁶⁵ śaṅkhinīyugma (63), sinādikā (112),⁶⁶ śvetabarbara (124), śyonāka and kaṭvaṅga as two different plants (50–51), takkola (64), talapoṭa (55),⁶⁷ toraṇa (61),⁶⁸ upānadaṅghri (54),⁶⁹ varakanyā (67), varakanyakā (70), and varālā (59 and 110).⁷⁰

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