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The commentary says gods born in the upapāda bed and those attaining a final or excellent body obtain, by their merit, long-lived bodies that poison, weapons and the like cannot cut short,…

The physician should first learn the patient's span of life through questions, portents, omens, scripture, astrology (ascendant and lunar conjunctions), dreams and the words of those with…

The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…

The introduction says the secret of treatment is to perform the particular action by which the body's dhātus return to balance (a footnote quotes Caraka Sūtra to this effect); the whole…

The quantity of enema fluid may be adjusted to age, strength, body, the state of the doshas and the heaviness or lightness of the drugs, but never beyond six kudava; medicated oil or ghee…

The introduction says nidāna, pūrvarūpa (prodromal signs), rūpa (signs), upaśaya and saṁprāpti are called the five means of diagnosis (nidāna-pañcaka), and that diseases are to be examined…

The introduction says the work includes a section on fatal signs (riṣṭādhikāra), full of secrets known through the yoga practice of great sages.

Ghee is described as strength-increasing (verse: of great potency), cold, aiding digestion (commentary for विपाकि), tasty, removing vata, pitta and kapha, a rasāyana, increasing lustre,…

The learned physician who has crossed the ocean of the scriptures should first judge the patient's life span, then understand the disease fully and work methodically to remove it, so…

By looking at the patient's shade (chāyā), form, marks and signs, whether the body is deformed or unusual in some way, and whether his temperament is very fierce or calm, the physician is…

Fresh cow butter or ghee mixed with gold bhasma (हेमचूर्ण in the verse) and vacha powder is given to the child according to its digestive strength, starting with a very small amount and…

Fresh cow butter or ghee mixed with gold bhasma and vacha powder is given to the child according to its digestive strength, starting with a very small amount and increasing it little by…

As heavy clouds make rain certain, distinct fatal signs mean death will come soon; the learned physician decides this in his own mind before speaking, judging the life span from abnormal…

Ugraditya says he set out this science drawn from the Pranavada, with the doshas, the severe diseases they cause and their remedies, after learning it by the grace of Shrinandi Acharya, who…

The science is also called Ayurveda: 'veda', from the root vid meaning knowledge, reflection and gain, here means what tells the true nature of things, and joined with 'āyus' it names the…

The text says a newborn lives first on its mother's milk alone, then on mother's milk together with food, before taking food alone.

Immobile (sthāvara) poison is described as tenfold by the part in which it resides, each kind with its own signs; tuber poisons are thirteen, and all are said to kill untimely.

Protecting the body well increases life span, and with life and body the strength of the senses grows; for one who lacks life and bodily strength all wealth is useless, while one who has…

Ghee is described as of great potency, cold, aiding digestion (the commentary's rendering of विपाकि), tasty, destroying all three doshas and a rasāyana; it increases lustre, strength and…

The teaching on rishta is called a secret handed down through the canon of great sages who knew the highest truth; it is set out for people devoted to good contemplation, not for those…

No other measure calms vata diseases as well as a skilfully given enema. Properly given, it calms vata and brings comfort, increases bodily strength, life span and digestive fire, acts as…

A use of medicine contrary to the disease is ayoga, one that suits it but exceeds the disease's strength is atiyoga, and one favourable in every way that can destroy it completely is…

Of the fourteen classes of living beings in Jain doctrine, fully developed beings rank above undeveloped ones and those with a mind above those without, and religious humans born in a land…

The editor quotes Samantabhadra's verse from the Siddhānta Rasāyana Kalpa on the virtues of rasasindūra made from purified mercury. As far as the converted text can be read, it is said to…