A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.405

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236 The series enumerated appears to consist of the types called *saṃkara*, *prastuta*, *nāḍī*, *pariṣeka*, *avagāhana*, *ātaṅka*, *asamayana*, *karṣa*, *kuṭī*, *bhū*, *kumbhī*, *kūpa*, and *holāka*, to which three more are added: *kālasveda*, *ghaṭīsveda*, and *vālukāsveda*. The list is related to that found in the *Carakasaṃhitā* (Sū.14); compare Su.Ci.32, A.H.Sū.17, A.S.Sū.26. *Asmayana*, not known from other sources, may be an error for *aśmaghanasveda* (see Ca.Sū.14.47–49), *karṣa* an error for *karṣūsveda* (see Ca.Sū.14.50–51). Puzzling remain the types called *prastuta*, *ātaṅka*, and *kālasveda*; the difference between *kumbhī*- and *ghaṭīsveda* is not clear at all. Another list of seven types of *svedana* is found in chapter four of the *Sūtrasthāna* of the *Hāritasamhitā*.