A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s3.9

v3.c48.s3.9

The twenty uparasas listed in chapter two (2.1) are the same as those mentioned in the Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu (7.92).⁵¹ The second series of twenty (or twenty-one) uparasas (2.347–349) is not known to me from an earlier work. The third list of eight uparasas (2.350–351) is found in the Rasahṛdaya, Rasaprakāśasudhakara, Rasendracūḍāmaṇi, and other treatises. The eight rasas (2.350) agree with those called mahārasa in the Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu.⁵²