A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.100

v3.c43.s29.100

III. The Uttarakhaṇḍa is about pañcakarman (chapters 1–8) ¹⁰³⁴ and allied subjects (chapters 9–13). Its thirteen chapters deal with: (1) sneha (1–34ab); (2) sveda (1–35), said to be of four types: tāpa-, ūṣma-, upanāha-, and dravasveda; (3) vamana (1–33); (4) virecana (1–48ab); ¹⁰³⁵ (5) basti, especially the type called anuvāsana (1–51); (6) nirūha (1–34); (7) uttarabasti (1–16ab); (8) nasya and śirovirecana (1–63); (9) dhūmapāna (1–25); (10) gaṇḍūṣa and kavala (1–21ab); (11) lepa and some other subjects; this is a long chapter of 152 verses containing many prescriptions, among which are recipes for increasing the size of the penis (liṅgavṛddhi), tightening the vagina (yoniśaṃkoca); śirobasti and karṇapūraṇa are also dealt with in this chapter; (12) śoṇitasrāva, i.e., bloodletting (1–45); (13) netrakarman, i.e., the application of medicinal preparations to the eyes; this long chapter of 128 verses is concerned with seven main types of preparation applied to the eyes: seka (2–12ab), āścyotana (12cd–21ab), piṇḍī (21cd–30ab), biḍāla (30cd–37), tarpaṇa (38–52ab), puṭapāka (52cd–61), and añjana (62–74); it also contains recipes for vartis (75–87ab), and ends with those for rasakriyās and some añjanas (87cd–124). ¹⁰³⁶