A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.14

v3.c46.14

Chapter two is concerned with the regimen during the seasons (ṛtudharma) and the six parts of day and night corresponding to them. Chapters three to eleven are successively about bhakṣya (sweets), pāyasa (milk pudding) and pānaka (refreshing drinks), pānaka again, yūṣa (soups), ghṛtānna (dishes with rice and ghee as their main ingredients), lehya (soft dainties), śaityajala (cool and scented water), kṣīrapāka (boiled milk with water, sugar, fragrant flowers or fruits added to it), and dadhi (thick sour milk with flavouring and fragrant substances added).