A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s31.4

v3.c43.s31.4

The second viṃśati has an interesting section on rasāyana (10–51), 1408 verses on the qualities required in a cook (sūdalakṣaṇa: 134–137) 1409 and a physician (vaidyalakṣaṇa: 138–145), ¹⁴¹⁰ a short section on alchemy, especially auri- and argentifaction (dhātuvāda-rasāyana: 377–394), ¹⁴¹¹ and a section on gems (403–536). ¹⁴¹²