A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s2.20

v3.c48.s2.20

The Pākāvalī,⁷ which forms part of the Āyurvedaprakāśa according to the colophons of some of its MSS,⁸ is absent from edition c. It is said to deal with mercurial and mineral preparations, and with various decoctions.⁹ One of the MSS begins with the recipe called bhatpūgapāka;¹⁰ two MSS end with the formula of mahākāmeśvaramodaka.¹¹ The Rasayogasāgara quotes a number of recipes from Mādhava's Pākāvalī.¹²