A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s5.3

v3.c44.s5.3

Chapter (vilāsa) one (ninety-three verses) has seven introductory verses, which mention the title of the work and a number of sources (Ātreya, Bheḍa, Bhoja, Hārīta, Parāśara); the remaining part deals with the treatment of fevers. Chapter two (thirty-eight verses) contains prescriptions against atisāra and grahaṇī. Chapter three (fifty verses) is about the therapy of unconnected disorders (1–35) and women’s diseases (36–50). The diseases mentioned in chapter four (forty-three verses) do not show any systematic arrangement at all. Chapter five (eighteen verses) is concerned with vājīkaraṇa.