A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s8.t2.64

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Chapter twenty mentions two series of the eight divisions (aṣṭāṅga) of āyurveda: (1) dravyābhidhāna, gadaniscaya, kāya, saukhya, śalyādi, bhūtanigraha, viṣaṇigraha, bālavaidya (20.42); (2) śalya, śalākya, kāya, bhūta, viṣa, bāla, rasāyana, vṛṣya (20.43). Noteworthy names of disorders from the same chapter are, for example: hṛdgranthi = hṛdvrana (24), jātharagranthi = gulma (10), kṣudrasphoṭa = kañcikā (7), lūtā = carmavraṇa = vṛkka (11), pītasphoṭa = pāmā (7), pramilā = taṇḍrā (28), pṛṣṭhagranthi = gaḍu (10), śākhāpitta (27), sacivāmaya = visarpa (3), śikhin = śvāsa (6), sūkṣmasphoṭa = vicarcikā (7), śuṇṭhikāsphoṭa = samcārī (7), tuṇḍa = sthaviṣṭha (22), udanyā = tṛṣṇā (17), utprāṇa = śvāsa (14).