A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1224

v3.c46.1224

Chapters 146–219 form a medical treatise that is sometimes called Dhanvantarisaṃhitā. 603 Chapters 146–167 consist of a Nidānasthāna that is closely related to the Nidāna section of the Aṣṭāngahṛdayasaṃhitā and Aṣṭāngasaṃgraha, and may be considered as a third version of the same material. 604 The chapters on nidāna are presented as being taught by Dhanvantari to Suśruta according to the expositions on the subject by Ātreya and other sages. 605 The views of Agniveśa and Hārīta are referred to in the chapter on fevers. 606 Disorders described in the Nidānasthāna of Vāgbhaṭa's works but omitted in the corresponding chapters of the Garuḍapurāṇa are svarabheda, mada, mūrcchā and saṃnyāsa. 607