A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.199

v3.c46.199

The work is written in verse, interspersed with prose passages, and contains about 10,000 stanzas, arranged in thirty chapters (adhikāra), the subjects of which are: (1) the doṣas (1–61); (2) pañcakarman, i.e., sneha (1–19), sveda (1–22), vamana and virecana (1–73), basti (1–123), and nasya (1–27); (3) dhūma (1–7), gaṇḍūṣa and kavala (8–12), mūrdhataila (12–23); (4) raktamokṣaṇa (1–78); (5) kṣāra and agnikarman (1–18); (6) bhojana, viruddhānna, pratīviṣa (1–129); (7) snehapāka (1–134); (8) dravya (1–1262); (9) jvarādirogacikitsā, on jvara (1–595), raktapitta (596–673), asṛgdara (674–720), and asthisrāva (721–761); (10) kāsādirogacikitsā, on kāsa, śvāsa, and hikkā (1–287); (11) rājayakṣmādirogacikitsā, on rājayakṣman (1–108), svarasāda (108–146),²⁷ arocaka (147–193), and praseka (194–204); (12) chardyādirogacikitsā, on chardi (1–72), hṛdroga (72–156), tṛṣṇā (157–229), mūrchā and saṃnyāsa (230–274); (13) on arśas and udāvarta (1–282); (14) atisārādirogacikitsā, on atisāra (1–224) and grahaṇī, together with agnimandya, ajīrṇa, alasaka and viṣūcikā (225–494); (15) on mūtrāghāta and mūtrakṛcchra (1–198), prameha, śarkarā and aśmarī (199–327), somaroga and mūtrātīsāra (328–339); (16) vidrādyādirogacikitsā, on vidradhi (1–89), vṛddhi (90–168), gulma (169–499), śūla (500–580), ādhmāna, ānāha, and some related disorders (581–588); (17) jalakūrmādirogacikitsā, on jalakūrma (589–632), plīhan (633–683), and udara (1–152); (18) on pāṇḍuroga (1–71), kāmalā, kumbhakāmalā and halīmaka (72–134), śopha (135–243), visarpa (244–409), masūrikā (410–468), visphoṭa (469–487), śītapitta and amlapitta (488–507), and kṣudramasūrikā (508–514); (19) on kuṣṭha (1–241), śvitra (242–282), and krimi (283–355); (20) vātādirogacikitsā, on vātavyādhi (1–381), vātaśoṇita (382–530), sthaulya (531–549), kārśya (550–556), and nidrā (557–571); (21) vandhyādirogacikitsā, on vandhyā (1–35), garbhiṇī (36–320),²⁸ and bālaroga (321–576); (22) on warding off (pratiṣedha) bālagrahas (1–282); (23) on warding off bhūtonmāda (1–29), unmāda (30–91), and apasmāra (92–151); (24) netrarogādicikitsā, on netraroga (1–515), karṇaroga (516–594), nāsāroga (595–642), and mukharoga (643–851); (25) śirorogacikitsā (1–166); (26) vraṇacikitsā, on vraṇa (1–219), bhagna (220–270), and dagdha (271–280); (27) bhagaṇḍarādicikitsā, on bhagaṇḍara (1–39), granthi and arbuda (1–37), ślīpada (38–58), apacī (59–98), and nāḍī (99–112); (28) kṣudrarogacikitsā (1–89); guhyarogacikitsā, on upadaṃśa, yonyarśas, piṭakā, niruddhamanī (1–37), yonyāpād and related disorders (38–74); (29) viṣacikitsā (1–410); (30) rasāyana (1–186) and vājīkaraṇa (187–255).