A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s3.13

v3.c48.s3.13

Three varieties of manaḥśilā are described: śyāmāṅgī, kaṇavīrikā and dvikhaṇḍākhyā (2.215–217). Two varieties of sroto’ñjana are recognized by the author: sroto’ñjana, which is black, and sauvīra, which is white; another classification acknowledges five types: sroto’ñjana, sauvīra, rasāñjana, nīlāñjana and puṣpāñjana (2.225–227); the variety called kulatthikā is added (2.240–241). Capala is regarded as a sādhāraṇarasa, but hiṅgula and mṛddāraśṛṅga are not mentioned as belonging to this group (2.345). Rājāvarta, considered to be one of the uparasas or a ratna, is of two kinds: rakta and nīla (2.247–248). Two kinds of khaṭikā are described: khaṭī and gaurakhaṭī (2.264). Three varieties of gairika are distinguished: svarṇa-, sāmānya- and pāṣāṇākhyagairika (2.268–269), two varieties of kāsīsa: pāṃsu- and puṣpakāsīsa (2.273), two varieties of kharpara: dardura and kāravellaka (2.276–278ab), three varieties of kapardikā or vāratikā: red, white and yellow (2.294–295), supplemented by a black type with white spots (2.295cd–296ab), three varieties of bola: rakta, śyāma and manuṣyaja (2.306), and two varieties of kaṅkuṣṭha: nalikākhya and reṇuka (2.312). Kaṅkuṣṭha is regarded as a substance found in the Himālaya, but disagreeing opinions are given too (2.312–317). Two varieties of gauripāṣāṇa are described: a white artificial one, and a yellow, naturally occurring one (3.336–337), and two varieties of bodāraśṛṅgaka: yellow and pale (3.343).