A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s30.58

v3.c43.s30.58

Contents The Nāmasaṃgraha opens with ninety-five verses, the eight of which are introductory, while the remaining eighty-seven are about the uses of the drugs belonging to the seven groups (varga) distinguished by Soḍhala. The names and synonyms of the drugs belonging to each of these seven vargas are enumerated in seven chapters: (1) guḍūcyādi, (2) śatapuṣpādi, (3) candanādi, (4) karavīrādi, (5) āmrādi, (6) suvarṇādi, (7) lakṣmaṇādi. The homonymic part of the nighaṇṭu, the anekārthavarga, dealing with words designating medicinal substances, is subdivided into four adhikāras, which contain words having respectively two, three, four and five meanings (dvyarthauṣadha, etc). The Nāmasaṃgraha ends with a miśrakavarga, chiefly on groups of substances, and four closing lines. A short pariśiṣṭa section is concerned with synonyms designating water, milk, butter, etc.