A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s24.43

v3.c43.s24.43

The text of the treatise enumerates the synonyms of medicinal substances together with their properties, 775 while at the end various other subjects are dealt with, as is usual in a *nighaṇṭu*. The contents are as follows: (1) abhayādivarga, vegetable drugs, beginning with harītākī (abhayā); (2) śuṇṭhyādivarga, spices and condiments, including the types of salt, etc.; (3) sugandhidravyavarga, fragrant substances; (4) suvarṇādivarga, metals, minerals, gems, etc.; (5) vaṭādivarga, trees; (6) phalādivarga, fruits; (7) śākavarga, vegetables; (8) pānīyādigunavarga, liquids; (9) ikṣukādirasavarṇana, products of the sugarcane and related substances, together with honey; (10) dhānyaguṇavarṇana, grains and pulse; (11) dhānyakṛtānnādināmavarga, prepared foods; (12) māṃsavarga, the flesh of various animals; (13) miśrakavarga, on dinacaryā, ṛtucaryā, and related subjects.