A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s45.3

v3.c44.s45.3

Section one, called dravyaguṇaguṇakathana, deals with grain and pulse (2–25), prepared dishes (siddhānna; 25–58), vegetables, fruits, and condiments (58–121), sugar (122), refreshing drinks (pānaka; 122–123), kāñjika (123–124), milk and other dairy products (125–151), oils (151–155), products of the sugarcane (155–165), honey (165–167), alcoholic beverages (168–169), meat and fish (169–176), water (176–195), poisoned food (196–197), articles of food that should not be taken together (viruddhadravya; 197–199), healthy and harmful foods (pathyāpathya; 199–212), articles of food that should not be mixed together (samyogaviruddha; 212–214), vessels for food (214–215), and miscellaneous subjects (bhojanavidhi, tāmbūlavidhi, ointments for the body, clothing; 215–230). The vernacular names of plants, dishes, etc., are added to the Sanskrit text; 164 many countries are mentioned in the glosses, 165 as well as the names of many rivers in the text (180–183). 166