A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.336

v3.c46.336

Chapter one (vṛkṣādivarga; 360 verses), by far the longest, deals with medicinal plants (4–337), types of plants, and names for their parts. Chapter two (svarṇādivarga; twenty-eight verses) is about inorganic substances, and some of vegetable or animal origin, 326 chapter three (ghṛtādivarga; twenty-six verses) about dairy, products of the sugarcane, rice and other cereals, pulse, and some more articles of food, chapter four (bhūmyādivarga; fifty-seven verses) about kinds of earth, poisons, fishes and other aquatic animals, the elements, sun, moon, and various other subjects, chapter five (manuṣyavarga; fifty-six verses) about anatomical terms, chapter six (siṃhādivarga; ninety-six verses) about mammals, birds, and some other classes of animals, chapter seven (madyādivarga; thirty-two verses) about alcoholic and other fermented fluids, prepared dishes, etc., chapter eight (pañcakasāyādivarga; thirty-six verses) about a number of medical technical terms, and chapter nine (triphalādivarga; forty-three verses) about groups of substances.