Publisher's note

The publisher's note opens with the maxim that the body is the first means of dharma and says that disease is subject to karma but is calmed by the pure medicines of this book. It says many Ayurvedic works contained in the Jina's teaching are lost, that this rare work of the Jain ācārya Ugrāditya, first printed at Solapur in 1940, is reissued at the inspiration of Āryikā Gurumatī Mātājī, and it tells how the reprint came about, outlines the book and thanks the proofreaders.