A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.12

v3.c48.12

Chapter six (129 1/2 verses) is about dehavedha, i.e., the transformation of the body. Its subjects are: the preparatory purification of the body by means of pañcakarman (4–18ab), other purificatory measures (18cd–30), āroṭarasa and its uses (31–39), khoṭabaddharasa and the way to use it (40–85ab), dietary and behavioural rules (85cd–106ab), rasājīrṇa and its treatment (106cd–114ab), and vedha of the seven dhātus of the body (114cd–130ab).