A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s16.74

v3.c48.s16.74

Chapter ten is concerned with the extraction of the essence (sattvapātana) of several substances. It is necessary to extract the sattvas of vairānta, kānta, sasyaka, mākṣika, etc., because these essences can be assimilated, in contrast with the substances themselves. Candrodaka (2) and śailodaka (3) are referred to. The sattvas are described, together with their uses.