A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1304

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Chapter sixteen, 1459 called vyādhipraśamana, consists of some introductory prose, thirteen verses, and some concluding prose. The introductory prose tells about the śreṣṭhin (foreman of a guild) Jaṭimdhara, 1460 who had been active as a medical practitioner during the reign of king Sureśvara. When Jaṭimdhara had grown old and did no longer practise, which resulted in the reappearance of all kinds of afflictions, his son Jalavāhana approached him with the request to transmit the medical science to him. The metrical part opens with this entreaty. The remaining verses contain Jalavāhana’s questions and Jaṭimdhara’s answers.