History of the origin

The editor summarises the account at the start of the work: after a salutation to Ādinātha, Bharata and others in Ṛṣabhanātha's assembly ask how the people of the age of action, who suffer from aggravated doṣas, wrong diet and short lives, can protect their health, and the Lord's divine voice teaches the person, the body, the origin of the doṣas, treatment and time. The science passed through the gaṇadharas, tīrthaṅkaras and sages, and the Kalyāṇakāraka is called one drop of that ocean, as the verse closing each chapter says.