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223 The number of 404 diseases, characteristic of Buddhist medicine (L. Renou and J. Filliozat, 1953: 162), is, for instance, found in the Garbhasūtra (see F. Huebotter, 1932: 24). The same number is found in the Rgyud-bźi (Rechung, 1973: 266). The Milindapañha, however, and the Suttanipāta, mention a number of ninety-eight diseases (see I.B. Horner, 1963: I, 140).