A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.66

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407 The four chapters count 171, 123, 119 and 73 sūtras respectively. 408 Terms discussed are aṅkura, skandha, granthi, suṣira, kubjatva, dvaitala, viṭapa, pattra, pattrāśākhā, pattralekhā, vakratva, puṣpaphala, vallī, kesara, karṇikā, sammilana, unmīlana. Compare on the same subject: 2.123. 409 Noteworthy terms are: phalgu (the outer part of the bark of a tree), limśaka (the inner part), and paripoṭaka (the outer part of the bark of the arjuna and other trees). 410 Some are said to add kṣāra to the usual six tastes (the commentary quotes a verse on the subject), while others add avyakta (an indistinct taste). The commentator regards kṣāra as a guṇa and rejects an avyakta taste because it cannot be perceived. 411 Varieties are tīkṣṇa and manda madhura, etc., according to the commentary (see also 3.19 and 24). Moreover, the sweetness of sugar, milk, etc., differ from each other. 412 The characteristic actions of each taste are also enumerated (3.18). Compare 3.34. 413 If substances with a tīvra rasa, guṇa or vīrya are unobtainable, one should take those with a manda rasa, guṇa or vīrya, and the other way round. 414 Ad Cikitsākalikā 16. 415 Ad Su.Śā.4.80. 416 In the auto-commentary of his Dravyaguṇasūtra. 417 Ad Rāvaṇa's Nāḍīparīkṣā 24–25. 418 Compare J. Filliozat (1979: Intr. XI–XIII) on special features of the work. 419 See, e.g., 2.24–25, 30–31, 99–101, 111, 121; 3.1–5; 4.31 and 40; 4.57–58. 420 See, e.g., 4.30. 421 Seven prakṛtis based on the doṣas, and seven based on the three guṇas of Sāṃkhya (sattva, rajas, tamas). This sūtra is quoted by Ḍalhaṇa (ad Su.Śā.4.80). 422 These ten guṇas are śīta, uṣṇa, snigdha, rūkṣa, viśada, picchila, guru, laghu, mṛdu, and tīkṣṇa. Caraka (śā.6.10) and Vāgbhaṭa (A.h.Sū.1.18) list twenty guṇas. See G.J. Meulenbeld (1987): 8. 423 Two series of vīryas are enumerated; the first consists of chardanīya, anulomanīya, ubhayatobhāga(vamanavirecanakara), praśamanīya, saṃgrahaṇa, dīpanīya, prāṇaghna, madana, vidāraṇa, śvayathukaraṇa, and vilayana (4.1; compare the verses quoted in the commentary ad 4.30). The second and longer list (4.27) enumerates: medhya, āyuṣya, vayasya, varcasya, rakṣoghna, puṃsavana, saubhāgya, viśalya(karaṇa), vimokṣa(karaṇa), unmāda(karaṇa), klaibya(karaṇa), vaśīkaraṇa, vidveṣaṇa, pravāsana, ākarṣaṇa,