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Principle
Types of land (desha)
देश (भूमि के प्रकार) · देश
The introduction defines deśa as the region where one lives and says it is of three kinds: jāṅgala, ānūpa and sādhāraṇa.
Condition
Eye disorders (netraroga)
नेत्ररोग (आंख के रोग) · नेत्ररोग
The text counts seventy-six eye diseases, lists their causes and their seats in the eye, and stresses that the eye must be protected in every way.
Principle
Principles of treatment (chikitsa sutra)
चिकित्सा सूत्र · चिकित्सासूत्र
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…
Principle
Tridosha (three doshas)
त्रिदोष सिद्धांत · त्रिदोष
The introduction says every medical system rests on an account of how the body works in health and how it is disordered in disease, and that in Ayurveda the body is made of the three…
Topic
Chapter 3 begins (Sūtravyāvarṇana)
तृतीय परिच्छेद का आरम्भ (सूत्रव्यावर्णन) · अथ तृतीयः परिच्छेदः
Opening line of the third chapter, whose running head and colophon name it Sūtravyāvarṇana. It counts the bones, joints, vessels, muscles, vital points, teeth and other parts and measures…
Session
Description of the body and daily regimen
सूत्रव्यावर्णन
Opening line of the third chapter, whose running head and colophon name it Sūtravyāvarṇana. It counts the bones, joints, vessels, muscles, vital points, teeth and other parts and measures…