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A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.253

A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.253

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v4.c58.253

374 See on bodha and vedha: A.M. Shastri (1991): 213–215. The Agnipurāṇa enumerates eight basic processes: śauca, ācamana, virecana, bhāvana, pāka, bodhana, dhūpana, and vāsana (P.K. Gode, 1945d: 69). The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa (2.64) also has a number of eight: śodhana, vāsana, virecana, bhāvana, pāka, bodhana, dhūpana, and vāsana again according to P.K. Gode (1946k: 74–75), while J.J. Meyer (1937: I, 24–25) enumerates them as follows: śodhana, vamana, virecana, bhāvana, pāka, bodhana, vāsana, and vāsanā. Compare the gandhayukti of the Śivatattvaratnākara.

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