A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s48.16

v3.c44.s48.16

The work consists of 1,750 verses, 308 arranged in sixteen chapters (ullāsa). 309 After some introductory verses (1–8), definitions of nidāna, prāgrūpa, rūpa, etc. (11–13), a short exposition on nāḍī- (13–21) and mūtraparīkṣā (22–25), and a list of ariṣṭas (26–33), the main part of the treatise begins, which describes the nidāna and cikitsā of the diseases (chapters one to fifteen), arranged in basic agreement with the Mādhavanidāna, but with a number of additions: bhasmaka (3.16–17), vardhma (6.77 and 10.79–80),