A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c50.s6.10

v3.c50.s6.10

In spite of the author’s silence on the works he consulted and from which he borrowed, some of the sources can be identified.²⁹ The *Rasahṛdaya* was used in the composition of chapter one.³⁰ Chapters two to five are mostly from chapters ten to twelve and fourteen of the *Rasendracūḍāmaṇi*.³¹ Chapter six has been taken from the *Vādikhaṇḍa* of the *Rasaratnākara*.³² Chapters seven and eight correspond to chapters three and four of the *Rasendracūḍāmaṇi*.³³ Chapter nine has a composite structure; it consists of borrowings from the *Rasārṇava*, *Rasendracūḍāmaṇi*, and some other, unidentified, texts.³⁴ Large parts of chapter ten are from chapters five and nine of the *Rasendracūḍāmaṇi*.³⁵ Some portions of chapter eleven derive from the *Rasārṇava* and *Rasaratnākara*.³⁶