A History of Indian Medical Literature v5.c68.s1: Directions for Use

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The harmonization of the indexes requires attention to some points which may facilitate finding the lemma searched for. This is because of variations in spelling between volumes I/II and volume III. Majuscules and minuscules may not always have been used consistently. Compound nouns are sometimes written as one word, sometimes as two; the latter may be with or without a hyphen. Slight variants in spelling (for instance: mythic/mythical) may be disregarded. Spelling variants are retained when present in the sources. Further, it is not clear in some instances whether a word is a proper name or a title (see, for example: Bindusāra, Viśva). It is useful to compare, in the general index, lemmata such as: kinds of.../types of.../varieties of..., and: diseases/disorders. Those acquainted with Sanskrit may compare fever/jvara, etc. Peculiar features of the index program:
– letters with a diacritic mark precede those without such a mark;
– words with a bracketed part precede those without brackets;
– lemmata consisting of two or more words precede those written as one word;
– compounds with a hyphen come after those without it. The titles/author featuring in the headings of the volumes IA and IB (Caraka-saṃhitā, Suśrutasaṃhitā, Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā, Aṣṭāṅgasamgraha, Vāgbhaṭa) are not indexed as far as these parts are concerned. For these the reader is referred to the contents.