A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.40

v3.c48.40

Chapter nine (110 verses) discusses in its introductory verses the herbs used in alchemical operations (the kulauṣadhis, which are to be distinguished from those useless for this purpose (the tṛṇauṣadhis). The kulauṣadhis are divided into four groups: rasauṣadhis, mahauṣadhis, siddhauṣadhis and divyauṣadhis (1–19ab). The divyauṣadhis belong to six groups, called vṛkṣa, vallī, latā, gulma, tṛṇa and vandānika (18). Chapter nine describes the sixty-four divyauṣadhis (19cd–97) and ends with an enumeration of these plants (98–111).