A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.400

v3.c46.400

The treatise contains 1,247 ardhaślokas, arranged in the following twenty-three vargas: sugandhi-, madhyagandha-, hīnagandha-, sāraja-, ratna-, dhātūpadhātu-, madhura-, amla-, uttamaśāka-, tiktaśāka-, puṣpa-, laṭāphala-, kaṇḍa-, mahāvṛkṣa-, madhyamavṛkṣa-, hrasvavṛkṣa-, latā-, śimbīśukadhānya-, tṛṇadhānya-, bhaktādikṛtanna-, pānīya-, āvaśyaka-, and bhautikādivarga. 467 This arrangement, which is rather new and original, finds a parallel only in Hemacandra’s *Nighaṇṭuśeṣa*, by which it may have been influenced, and in Gopīmohana’s *Paryāyamuktāvalī*.