A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1202

v3.c46.1202

the pitcher snatched by Garuḍa (45); the four kinds of trees, dependent on the type of soil on which they grow (46); the characteristics of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra types of trees (47); the three types of medicinal substances: doṣapraśamana, dhātupradūṣaṇa, svasthavṛttahita (48); the three types of substances called jāṅgama, audbhida and pārthiva (49); substances belonging to these three groups (50–52); the characteristics of male, female and napuṃsaka plants; their properties and uses (53); hunger, thirst and sleep occur in plants too; 457 the folding together (saṃkoca) of leaves is typical of sleep (54); the composition of plants in the terms of the five mahābhūtas (55); the parts of plants and the substances they contain (56); weights and measures according to the māgadha (57) and kāliṅga (58) systems.