A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1201

v3.c46.1201

Chapter (prakāśa) one: a series of maṅgalas, addressed to Gaṇeśa, Sarasvatī, Śiva, and Śrīkṛṣṇa (1–4); the pādacatuṣṭaya (5–9); omina relating to the messenger (10–11); śakunas (12–13); aṣṭasthānaparīkṣā (14); nāḍīparīkṣā (15); mūtraparīkṣā (16); malaparīkṣā (17); jihvāparīkṣā (18); śabdaparīkṣā (19); sparśaparīkṣā (20); rūpaparīkṣā (21); dṛṣṭiparīkṣā (22); concluding verse (23); auspicious dreams (24); inauspicious dreams (25); kālajñāna (26); deśajñāna (the three types of country; 27–30); kṣetrajñāna, as expounded by Śiva (the four types of soil: brāhma, kṣatra, vaiśya, śaudra; 31–35); the properties of substances originating from these soils (36); the deities governing these soils are, according to the teaching of Umāvallabha (= Śiva): Brahmā, Śakra (= Indra), Kinnara, and Īśa (37); the five types of soil: pārthiva, āpya, taijasa, vāyavīya, and āntarikṣa (38–42); the properties of products from these soils (43); the deities governing these soils are: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Īśvara, and Sadāśiva (44); the mythical origin of trees from amṛta drops, fallen from