A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.128

v3.c43.s29.128

The Śārṅgadharasamhitā is the earliest Sanskrit medical text that summarily describes feeling the pulse for diagnostic and prognostic purposes (I.3.1–9ab). 1058 The types of pulse found in disturbances of the doṣas are characterized by comparing them with the way of moving of certain animals. Some signs of prognostic significance are enumerated and the types of pulse occurring in a number of diseased conditions, as contrasted with those in health, are also described. 1057