What is Ayurveda – Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine, Seven Dhatus – Bodily Tissues, Srotamsi – Bodily Channels and Bodily Systems, Buddhist Ayurvedic Nutrition and Food Therapy
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1:
|| Ch. 1, Su. 1 || Divine awareness of healing 23
|| Ch. 1, Su. 2 || On understanding human beings 24
|| Ch. 1, Su. 3 || Energy – conscious connection 25
|| Ch. 1, Su. 4 – 5 || Svayambhu – the source of connection 25
|| Ch. 1, Su. 6 – 7 || The art of consciousness – the highest intelligence 26
|| Ch. 1, Su. 8 – 14 || Fiery concentration 28
|| Ch. 1, Su. 15 – 18 || To live in accordance with dharma 30
|| Ch. 1, Su. 19 – 23 || We are the extended energy of Brahma 32
|| Ch. 1, Su. 24 || Disease and a person’s choice of lifestyle 35
|| Ch. 1, Su. 25 – 26 || On a fortunate, long life 36
|| Ch. 1, Su. 27 – 29 || Conscious management of life – harmony 37
|| Ch. 1, Su. 30 – 31 || Compassion 40
|| Ch. 1, Su. 32 – 40 || Experiencing Ayurveda 40
|| Ch. 1, Su. 41 || The open embrace of Ayurveda 42
|| Ch. 1, Su. 42 || Experiencing joy 42
|| Ch. 1, Su. 43 || A treasure 43
|| Ch. 1, Su. 44 || Dosage 43
|| Ch. 1, Su. 45 || Similarity 43
|| Ch. 1, Su. 46 – 47 || Conscious control – connection – purusha 43
|| Ch. 1, Su. 48 || The principle of dravya 44
|| Ch. 1, Su. 49 || Orientation 45
|| Ch. 1, Su. 50 || Comprehension – samavaya 45
|| Ch. 1, Su. 51 || Manifestation and stagnation of the gunas 46
|| Ch. 1, Su. 52 || Naturalness is the priority 47
|| Ch. 1, Su. 53 || To permit renewal – dhatusamya kriya 48
|| Ch. 1, Su. 54 || A servant and a gift 49
|| Ch. 1, Su. 55 || The richness of the moment and the language of our own
thoughts 50
|| Ch. 1, Su. 56 || Silencing 50
|| Ch. 1, Su. 57 || Body and mind 51
|| Ch. 1, Su. 58 || Balanced attention 52
|| Ch. 1, Su. 59-61 || Tridosh 53
|| Ch. 1, Su. 62 – 63 || Diagnosis as the basis 53
|| Ch. 1, Su. 64 || Ras and its enormous force 54
|| Ch. 1, Su. 65 || Taste 55
|| Ch. 1, Su. 66 || Tastes affect the doshas 55
|| Ch. 1, Su. 67 || Three kinds of medicines 55
|| Ch. 1, Su. 68 || The source – dravya gun vigyan 56
|| Ch. 1, Su. 69 || Medicines from animal sources 57
|| Ch. 1, Su. 70 || Medicines as a gift of the earth 57
|| Ch. 1, Su. 71 || Medicines of plant origin 57
|| Ch. 1, Su. 72 || Fruit of the vanaspati kind 58
|| Ch. 1, Su. 73 || The use of plants 58
|| Ch. 1, Su. 74 || Understanding the construction of plants – the agni etc. 59
|| Ch. 1, Su. 75 || Mahasneha (primary fats) 59
|| Ch. 1, Su. 76 || Inspiration – the connoisseur of Ayurveda 59
|| Ch. 1, Su. 77 || Pharmacology 60
|| Ch. 1, Su. 78 || The creation of nomenclature 60
|| Ch. 1, Su. 79 || Variety of names – procedures 61
|| Ch. 1, Su. 80 || Virechan (emptying the bowels) 62
|| Ch. 1, Su. 81 || Medicinal plants and their hybridization 62
|| Ch. 1, Su. 82 || Gifts of the Earth 62
|| Ch. 1, Su. 83 || Gifts of the Earth 63
|| Ch. 1, Su. 84 || Herbs to induce vomiting 63
|| Ch. 1, Su. 85 || Nasal cleansing and laxatives 63
|| Ch. 1, Su. 86 || Description of fruits and fats 63
|| Ch. 1, Su. 87 || Procedures using fats 64
|| Ch. 1, Su. 88 || Effects of salts 64
|| Ch. 1, Su. 89 || Expansion and reduction of the tridosha 64
|| Ch. 1, Su. 90 || Mahabhut determines taste 64
|| Ch. 1, Su. 91 || Skin preparations 65
|| Ch. 1, Su. 92 || Procedures with salts and eight kinds of urine 65
|| Ch. 1, Su. 93 || Use of urines 66
|| Ch. 1, Su. 94 || Characteristics of urine 66
|| Ch. 1, Su. 95 || Working with urines 66
|| Ch. 1, Su. 96 || Uses of urines 66
|| Ch. 1, Su. 97 || Uses of urine 67
|| Ch. 1, Su. 98 || Exceptional characteristics of urine 67
|| Ch. 1, Su. 99 || Characteristics of each kind of urine 68
|| Ch. 1, Su. 100 || Sheep and goat urine 68
|| Ch. 1, Su. 101 || Cow’s urine 68
|| Ch. 1, Su. 102 || Buffalo and elephant urine 69
|| Ch. 1, Su. 103 || Elephant and camel urine 69
|| Ch. 1, Su. 104 || Horse and donkey urine 70
|| Ch. 1, Su. 105 || Various kinds of milk 70
|| Ch. 1, Su. 106 || Milk 70
|| Ch. 1, Su. 107 || Characteristics and effects of milk 70
|| Ch. 1, Su. 108 || Mucus is not a waste product, it is protective 72
|| Ch. 1, Su. 109 || Why we drink milk 73
|| Ch. 1, Su. 110 || Why we drink milk 73
|| Ch. 1, Su. 111 || Why we drink milk 73
|| Ch. 1, Su. 112 || Why we drink milk 74
|| Ch. 1, Su. 113 || Beverages and food 74
|| Ch. 1, Su. 114 || Plant milks 74
|| Ch.. 1, Su. 115 || Ashmantaka, Snuhi and Arka 75
|| Ch. 1, Su. 116 || Tree bark – putika, krshnagandha, tilvaka 75
|| Ch. 1, Su. 117 || Trees for virechan – putika and tilvaka 76
|| Ch. 1, Su. 118 || Six trees 77
|| Ch. 1, Su. 119 || Summary of this entire chapter 77
|| Ch. 1, Su. 120 || The Ayurvedic practitioner 78
|| Ch. 1, Su. 121 || Wise shepherds 78
|| Ch. 1, Su. 122 || Merging with a plant 79
|| Ch. 1, Su. 123 || The art and virtue of the Ayurvedic practitioner 79
|| Ch. 1, Su. 124 || Unrecognized – poison, recognized – nectar 79
|| Ch. 1, Su. 125 || Complications from the incorrect choice of medicines 80
|| Ch. 1, Su. 126 || What medicine can be poison and vice versa 80
|| Ch. 1, Su. 127 || The wisdom of footsteps 81
|| Ch. 1, Su. 128 || Ignorance of knowledge 81
|| Ch. 1, Su. 129 || Open hearts 81
|| Ch. 1, Su. 130 || Bad advice harms the adviser 82
|| Ch. 1, Su. 131 || It is not good to masquerade as a scholar 82
|| Ch. 1, Su. 132 || Principles of Ayurvedic practitioners 82
|| Ch. 1, Su. 133 || Implementing intention 83
|| Ch. 1, Su. 134 || Correct decision – knowledge 83
|| Ch. 1, Su. 135 || Siddhi 84
|| Ch. 1, Su. 136 || Summary of the first chapter 84
|| Ch. 1, Su. 137 || Summary of the first chapter 85
|| Ch. 1, Su. 138 || Summary of the first chapter 85
|| Ch.. 1, Su. 139 || Summary of the first chapter hrnutí první kapitoly 85
|| Ch. 1, Su. 140 || Summary of the first chapter 85
Chapter 2
|| Ch. 2, Su. 3-6 || Ingredients for nasya oil, incense, inhalation, etc. 87
|| Ch. 2, Su. 7-8 || Ingredients for vaman (inducing vomiting) 89
|| Ch. 2, Su. 9-10 || Purging of the doshas in the pakvashaya (colon) 89
|| Ch. 2 Su. 11-14 || Ingredients for nemastný enema 90
|| Ch. 2, Su. 15 || Snehan and svedan 91
|| Ch. 2, Su. 16 || The correct administration of medicine 91
|| Ch. 2, Su. 17 || Broths as medicine 92
|| Ch. 2, Su. 18 || Broths stimulating appetite and alleviating colic 92
|| Ch. 2, Su. 19 || Broths supporting digesting and addressing diarrhea
caused by increased vata 92
|| Ch. 2, Su. 20 || Broth for diarrhea caused by kaph or pitt 93
|| Ch. 2, Su. 21 || Broth alleviating bloody diarrhea 93
|| Ch. 2. Su. 22 || Broth for difficulties with urination 93
|| Ch. 2, Su. 23 || Broth removing parasites 94
|| Ch. 2, Su. 24 || Broth for disproportionate thirst 94
|| Ch. 2, Su. 25 || Pork broth can be used for weight gain or loss. 95
|| Ch. 2, Su. 26 || Broths that dessicate and broths that lubricate 95
|| Ch. 2, Su. 27 || Two broths with dashamul 95
|| Ch. 2, Su. 28 || Broth for evacuation of the colon and astringent broth 96
|| Ch. 2, Su. 29 || Broth for digestive disorders and for flatulence 96
|| Ch. 2, Su. 30 || Broth to alleviate overconsumption of ghee or oil 97
|| Ch. 2, Su. 31 || Broth for fevers and sore throat 97
|| Ch. 2, Su. 32 || Broth that enhances shukra dhatu 98
|| Ch. 2, Su. 33 || Broth for lethargy and broth to suppress appetite 98
|| Ch. 2, Su. 34 || Twenty-eight kinds of broth 99
|| Ch. 2, Su. 35 || Medicines used during panchkarma 99
|| Ch. 2, Su. 36 || Ayurvedic practitioner combines medicine 99
Chapter 3
|| Ch. 3, Su. 1-2 || About the aragvadha plant 100
|| Ch. 3, Su. 3-7 || Six mixtures for preparing ointment 100
|| Ch. 3, Su. 8-9 || Mixture alleviating itching, etc. 101
|| Ch. 3, Su. 10-11 || Powder for impetigo, etc. 102
|| Ch. 3, Su. 12 || Paste for ameliorating skin diseases 102
|| Ch. 3, Su. 13 || More pastes for skin diseases 103
|| Ch. 3, Su. 14 || More pastes for skin diseases 103
|| Ch. 3, Su. 15-16 || More pastes for alleviating skin diseases 104
|| Ch. 3, Su. 17 || Ubtan and abhyang oils 104
|| Ch. 3, Su. 18 || Paste alleviating vat 105
|| Ch. 3, Su. 19 || More pastes reducing vat 106
|| Ch. 3, Su. 20 || Recipe for abdominal pain and reducing vat 106
|| Ch. 3, Su. 21 || Paste for gout or vatarakt 107
|| Ch. 3, Su. 22 || Paste for raktavat 107
|| Ch. 3, Su. 23 || Another paste for raktavat 108
|| Ch. 3, Su. 24 || Paste for headache 108
|| Ch. 3, Su. 25 || Warm paste for back pain 109
|| Ch. 3, Su. 26 || Paste reducing daha (pálení – burning sensation) 109
|| Ch. 3, Su. 27 || Another paste reducing burning sensations 110
|| Ch. 3, Su. 28 || Paste reducing sensations of chill
and paste removing toxins 110
|| Ch. 3, Su. 29 || Powder for excess sweating and paste eliminating
body odor 111
|| Ch. 3, Su. 30 || Thirty-two effective powders and pastes 111
Chapter 4
|| Ch. 4, Su. 1-2 || Six kinds of purgatives 112
|| Ch. 4, Su. 3 || Introductory list 112
|| Ch.. 4, Su. 4 || Six hundred kinds of purgatives 113
|| Ch. 4, Su. 5 || Latex 113
|| Ch. 4, Su. 6 || Five tastes in combination with astringent 113
|| Ch. 4, Su. 7 || Five forms of healing preparations 114
|| Ch. 4, Su. 8 || Fifty healing preparations, of which the first part
is about juices 115
|| Ch. 4, Su. 9 || First group of healing preparations 118
|| Ch. 4, Su. 10 || Second group of healing preparations 119
|| Ch. 4, Su. 11 || Third group of healing prepatations 120
|| Ch. 4, Su. 12 || Fourth group of healing preparations 121
|| Ch. 4, Su. 13 || Fifth group of healing preparations 122
|| Ch. 4, Su. 14 || Sixth group of healing preparations 123
|| Ch. 4, Su. 15 || Seventh group of healing preparations 124
|| Ch. 4, Su. 16 || Eighth group of healing preparations 125
|| Ch. 4, Su. 17 || Ninth group of healing preparations 126
|| Ch. 4, Su. 18 || 10th group of healing preparations 127
|| Ch. 4, Su. 19 || Summary 128
|| Ch. 4, Su. 20 || Learning about medicines 128
|| Ch. 4, Su. 21 || Agnivesha’s query 129
|| Ch. 4, Su. 22 || Atreya’s answer 129
|| Ch. 4, Su. 23-29 || Summary of the preceding sutras 129
|| Ch. 4, Su. 30 || End of the fourth chapter 130
Chapter 5
|| Ch. 5, Su. 1 || Chapter on food 131
|| Ch. 5, Su. 2 || The teaching of Atreya 131
|| Ch. 5, Su. 3 || Reasonable amounts of food 131
|| Ch. 5, Su. 4 || Eating according to time of day 131
|| Ch. 5, Su. 5 || Food that is easy or hard to digest 132
|| Ch. 5, Su. 6 || Agnibala (digestive force) 132
|| Ch. 5, Su. 7 || Hunger means agni – digestive fire. 133
|| Ch. 5, Su. 8 || Correct amount of food 134
|| Ch. 5, Su. 9 || Do not eat anything heavy after a meal 134
|| Ch. 5, Su. 10-11 || Hard to digest 134
|| Ch. 5, Su. 12 || Foods recommended for regular use 135
|| Ch. 5, Su. 13 || Foodstuffs 135
|| Ch. 5, Su. 14 || Kadjal 136
|| Ch. 5, Su. 15-17 || Sauvira andjana 136
|| Ch. 5, Su. 18-19 || Rasandjan 136
|| Ch. 5, Su. 20-25 || Production of dhumapanu, also called dhum 137
|| Ch. 5, Su. 26 || Dhumapan against vat (lubractive smoking) 138
|| Ch. 5, Su. 27 || Ingredients to clean the sinuses 138
|| Ch. 5, Su. 28-33 || Indications for dhumapan 139
|| Ch. 5, Su. 34-35 || Dhumapan technique 139
|| Ch. 5, Su. 36 || Frequency of smoke inhalation 140
|| Ch. 5, Su. 37 || Signs of correct smoke inhalation 140
|| Ch. 5, Su. 38 || Complications with over-smoking and
inappropriate smoking 140
|| Ch. 5, Su. 39-40 || Addressing complications caused by over-smoking
and inappropriate smoking 141
|| Ch. 5, Su. 41-45 || Contraindications for smoke inhalation 141
|| Ch. 5, Su. 46-47 || Smoking technique 142
|| Ch. 5, Su. 48 || Nadishodhana and nasal procedure 142
|| Ch. 5, Su. 49 || Pipe size according to type of smoking 142
|| Ch. 5, Su. 50 || Making a pipe to order 143
|| Ch. 5, Su. 51 || Correct smoke inhalation 143
|| Ch. 5, Su. 52-56a || Signs of incorrect smoke inhalation 144
|| Ch. 5, Su. 56b-62 || Anutaila 144
|| Ch. 5, Su. 63-70 || Recipe for anutaila 145
|| Ch. 5, Su. 71-75 || Cleaning the oral cavity 146
|| Ch. 5, Su. 76-77 || For a feeling of freshness 147
|| Ch. 5, Su. 78-80 || Gandusha – swishing oil in the mouth 147
|| Ch. 5, Su. 81-83 || Usefulness of rubbing the head with oil 148
|| Ch. 5, Su. 84 || Oil in the ears – karnapurna (dripping oil into the ears) 148
|| Ch. 5, Su. 85-86 || Abhyang 149
|| Ch. 5, Su. 87 || Recommended for vata types 149
|| Ch. 5, Su. 88-89 || Effect of oil massage 149
|| Ch. 5, Su. 90-92 || Foot massage 150
|| Ch. 5, Su. 93 || Effects of abhyang before bathing 150
|| Ch. 5, Su. 94 || Effects of bathing 151
|| Ch. 5, Su. 95 || The weating of cotton clothing 151
|| Ch. 5, Su. 96 || Fragrance and decoration 151
|| Ch. 5, Su. 97 || Rare jewels – gems and semi-precious stones 152
|| Ch. 5, Su. 98 || Beneficial effect of cleansing 152
|| Ch. 5, Su. 99 || Care for the hair, beard and nails 152
|| Ch. 5, Su. 100 || Shoes as protection 153
|| Ch. 5, Su. 101 || Umbrella as protection 153
|| Ch. 5, Su. 102 || Walking stick 152
|| Ch. 5, Su. 103 || A wise person takes care of the body 154
|| Ch. 5, Su. 104 || A life full of study 154
|| Ch. 5, Su. 105-111 || Summary of the fifth chapter 154
Chapter 6
|| Ch. 6, Su. 1-2 || Atreya presents the chapter on diet 156
|| Ch. 6, Su. 3 || Ahar and vihar per the seasons 156
|| Ch. 6, Su. 4 || The six seasons 156
|| Ch. 6, Su. 5 || Visarg and adan kal 157
|| Ch. 6, Su. 6 || The adan period 158
|| Ch. 6, Su. 7 || The strengthening time of year 158
|| Ch. 6, Su. 8 || Influence of the seasons on human strength 159
|| Ch. 6, Su. 9-18 || Hemant – November and December
(recommendations for India’s climatic zone) 160
|| Ch. 6, Su. 19-21 || The period of hemanta and shishira 161
|| Ch. 6, Su. 22-26 || Springtime 162
|| Ch. 6, Su. 27-32 || Summertime 163
|| Ch. 6, Su. 33-40 || The period between summer and the rainy season 164
|| Ch. 6, Su. 41-48 || The autumn season 165
|| Ch. 6, Su. 49-50 || Satmya 166
|| Ch. 6, Su. 51 || Recapitulation 166
Chapter 7
|| Ch. 7, Su. 1-2 || Chapter on not suppressing needs 168
|| Ch. 7, Su. 3-4 || Natural needs 168
|| Ch. 7, Su. 5 || Disorders that come from suppressing natural needs 169
|| Ch. 7, Su. 6-7 || Symptoms of suppressing the need to urinate 169
|| Ch. 7, Su. 8-9 || Consequences of suppressing the need to excrete stool 169
|| Ch. 7, Su. 10-11 || Symptoms of sperm retention 170
|| Ch. 7, Su. 12-13 || Consequences of suppressing stool, urine and gas 170
|| Ch. 7, Su. 14-15 || Consequences of suppressing vomiting 171
|| Ch. 7, Su. 16-17 || Consequences of suppressing sneezing 171
|| Ch. 7, Su. 18 || Consequences of suppressing burping 171
|| Ch. 7, Su. 19 || Consequences of suppressing yawning 172
|| Ch. 7, Su. 20 || Consequences of suppressing hunger 172
|| Ch. 7, Su. 21 || Consequences of suppressing thirst 172
|| Ch. 7, Su. 22 || Consequences of suppressing tears 173
|| Ch. 7, Su. 23 || Consequences of suppressing sleep 173
|| Ch. 7, Su. 24 || Consequences of suppressing breathing after exertion 173
|| Ch. 7, Su. 25 || Disorders caused by suppressing needs 174
|| Ch. 7, Su. 26 || Suppressing the urge to commit evil 174
|| Ch. 7, Su. 27 || Suppressing the needs of insatiability, etc. 174
|| Ch. 7, Su. 28 || Suppression of the need to speak, etc. 175
|| Ch. 7, Su. 29 || Suppression of the need to cause pain, etc. 175
|| Ch. 7, Su. 30 || A virtuous person acts according to dharma,
artha and karma 175
|| Ch. 7, Su. 31 || Physical exercise 176
|| Ch. 7, Su. 32 || The benefits of physical exercise 176
|| Ch. 7, Su. 33 || Consequences of excessive physical exercise 176
|| Ch. 7, Su. 34 || Nothing in excess 177
|| Ch. 7, Su. 35 || When physical exercise is inappropriate 177
|| Ch. 7, Su. 36-37 || Gradually abandoning incorrect habits 177
|| Ch. 7, Su. 38 || Prevent deficiencies and retain advantages 178
|| Ch. 7, Su. 39-40 || Physical constitution 178
|| Ch. 7, Su. 41 || We heal through absorbing the opposite qualities 178
|| Ch. 7, Su. 42 || The importance of eliminating waste 179
|| Ch. 7, Su. 43 || Consequences of the elimination apertures 179
|| Ch. 7, Su. 44 || Treatment procedure for elimination disorders 179
|| Ch. 7, Su. 45 || The cause of disorders 180
|| Ch. 7, Su. 46-50 || Methods of preventing disorders from arising 180
|| Ch. 7, Su. 51-52 || Consequences of pragyaparadha 181
|| Ch. 7, Su. 53-54 || Ridding oneself of a feeling of guilt 181
|| Ch. 7, Su. 55 || Following instructions 182
|| Ch. 7, Su. 56-57 || What to avoid 182
|| Ch. 7, Su. 58-59 || Appropriate company 182
|| Ch. 7, Su. 60 || Recommendation 183
|| Ch. 7, Su. 61-62 || Dadhi (yogurt) 183
|| Ch. 7, Su. 63-66 || Summary of the Seventh Chapter 184
Chapter 8
|| Ch. 8, Su. 1-2 || The sense organs 185
|| Ch. 8, Su. 3 || The five sense organs in context 185
|| Ch. 8, Su. 4 || Chitta, also called chetas 185
|| Ch. 8, Su. 5 || Suggestions for the mind 186
|| Ch. 8, Su. 6 || The mind and the three gunas 185
|| Ch. 8, Su. 7 || The mind supports the senses 186
|| Ch. 8, Su. 8 || The five sense organs 187
|| Ch. 8, Su. 9 || The five elements of the sense organs 187
|| Ch. 8, Su. 10 || Five locations of the sense organs 187
|| Ch. 8, Su. 11 || Five objects of sensory perception 188
|| Ch. 8, Su. 12 || The five centers of sensory perception 188
|| Ch. 8, Su. 13 || The feeling of happiness and unhappiness 188
|| Ch. 8, Su. 14 || Sense organs and the mahabhuts 189
|| Ch. 8, Su. 15 || Four causes of the destruction of the senses 190
|| Ch. 8, Su. 16 || Chinattya 190
|| Ch. 8, Su. 17 || Dharma 191
|| Ch. 8, Su. 18 || Correct behavior 191
|| Ch. 8, Su. 19 || Recommendations for preserving health 193
|| Ch. 8, Su. 20 || Recommended lifestyle 194
|| Ch. 8, Su. 21 || Rules of elimination 196
|| Ch. 8, Su. 22 || Appropriate behavior of a man 197
|| Ch. 8, Su. 23 || Criticism and impure intentions 198
|| Ch. 8, Su. 24 || Recommendations for study and speech 198
|| Ch. 8, Su. 25 || Other recommendations 199
|| Ch. 8, Su. 26 || Various other recommendations 200
|| Ch. 8, Su. 27 || Behavior leading to a balanced mind 200
|| Ch. 8, Su. 28 || Performing agnihotra in an environment of sattva 201
|| Ch. 8, Su. 29 || A harmonized life 202
|| Ch. 8, Su. 30-33 || Summary of Chapter Eight 202
|| Ch. 8, Su. 34 || The word of Atreya 203
Chapter 9
|| Ch. 9, Su. 1-2 || Chatushpad, or about the lesser foursomes 204
|| Ch. 9, Su. 3 || The chatushpad of treatment 204
|| Ch. 9, Su. 4 || Vikrti and prakrti 204
|| Ch. 9, Su. 5 || Four units of treatment 205
|| Ch. 9, Su. 6 || The four qualities of the Ayurvedic practitioner 205
|| Ch. 9, Su. 7 || Four characteristics – dravya 205
|| Ch. 9, Su. 8 || Four qualities of an assistant 206
|| Ch. 9, Su. 9 || The four qualities of the invalid 206
|| Ch. 9, Su. 10 || These four foursomes are the basis of successful treatment 206
|| Ch. 9, Su. 11-12 || The Ayruvedic practitioner 207
|| Ch. 9, Su. 13 || The meaning of the foursome 207
|| Ch. 9, Su. 14 || Importance of the Ayurvedic practitioner 207
|| Ch. 9, Su. 15-16 || The ignorant Ayurvedic practitioner 208
|| Ch. 9, Su. 17 || The bogus Ayurvedic practitioner 208
|| Ch. 9, Su. 18 || The Ayurvedic practitioner who understands the tracts 209
|| Ch. 9, Su. 19 || The best Ayurvedic practitioner treats the king 209
|| Ch. 9, Su. 20 || The Ayurvedic practitioner with a calm mind 209
|| Ch. 9, Su. 21-23 || Vaidhdji 210
|| Ch. 9, Su. 24-25 || One’s own intellect and knowledge 210
|| Ch. 9, Su. 26 || The four actions of the Ayurvedic practitioner 211
|| Ch. 9, Su. 27-28 || Summary of the foursomes 211
Chapter 10
|| Ch. 10, Su. 1-2 || Maha chatushpad, or, about the great foursome 212
|| Ch. 10, Su. 3 || Bheshadj 212
|| Ch. 10, Su. 4 || Maitreya on the great foursome 212
|| Ch. 10, Su. 5 || Atreya responds 213
|| Ch. 10, Su. 6 || Atreya continues 214
|| Ch. 10, Su. 7-8 || Successfulness of the Ayurvedic practitioner 214
|| Ch. 10, Su. 9-10 || Kinds of maladies 215
|| Ch. 10, Su. 11-13 || The characteristics of easily curable maladies 215
|| Ch. 10, Su. 14-16 || Characteristics of maladies that are difficult to cure 216
|| Ch. 10, Su. 17-18 || Characteristics of diseases that are very
difficult to cure 217
|| Ch. 10, Su. 19-20 || Characteristics of incurable diseases 217
|| Ch. 10, Su. 21-22 || Recognizing these diseases 218
|| Ch. 10, Su. 23-24 || Summary of Chatper 10 218
Chapter 11
|| Ch. 11, Su. 1-2 || Eshana – desire 219
|| Ch. 11, Su. 3 || Three desires 219
|| Ch. 11, Su. 4 || Praneshana 219
|| Ch. 11, Su. 5 || Dhanshana 220
|| Ch. 11, Su. 6 || Paralokeshana 221
|| Ch. 11, Su. 7 || The importance of guesswork 221
|| Ch. 11, Su. 8 || Extrasensory perception 222
|| Ch. 11, Su. 9-10 || Forms of atma 222
|| Ch. 11, Su. 11 || Chaturvidhiyoni 223
|| Ch. 11, Su. 12 || The appearance and disappearance of life 224
|| Ch. 11, Su. 13 || Atma 224
|| Ch. 11, Su. 14-15 || The theory of accident? 225
|| Ch. 11, Su. 16 || Realization 225
|| Ch. 11, Su. 17 || Sat and asat 225
|| Ch. 11, Su. 18-19 || Definition of an Ayurvedic practitioner 226
|| Ch. 11, Su. 20 || Pratyaksha 226
|| Ch. 11, Su. 21-22 || Anumana 227
|| Ch. 11, Su. 23-24 || Sanyog Yukti 227
|| Ch. 11, Su. 26 || Any and all research 228
|| Ch. 11, Su. 27 || Aptagam 229
|| Ch. 11, Su. 28 || Liberation 229
|| Ch. 11, Su. 29 || Reincarnation 230
|| Ch. 11, Su. 30 || Pratyaksha 230
|| Ch. 11, Su. 31 || Deva 231
|| Ch. 11, Su. 32 || Fertilization 232
|| Ch. 11, Su. 33 || Four research methods supporting reincarnation 233
|| Ch. 11, Su. 34 || Three pillars 234
|| Ch. 11, Su. 35 || Three pillars 235
|| Ch. 11, Su. 36 || Three kinds of strength 235
|| Ch. 11, Su. 37 || Senses and disease 236
|| Ch. 11, Su. 38 || Skin and touch 238
|| Ch. 11, Su. 39 || Influence of words, thoughts, and the body 238
|| Ch. 11, Su. 40 || Mithyayog – inappropriate use 240
|| Ch. 11, Su. 41 || Pragyaparadha 240
|| Ch. 11, Su. 42 || Correlation of climate and time 240
|| Ch. 11, Su. 43 || Causes of disease assessed in context 241
|| Ch. 11, Su. 44 || Bhav – satisfaction with life 242
|| Ch. 11, Su. 45 || Kinds of maladies 242
|| Ch. 11, Su. 46 || Pragyaparadh malady 243
|| Ch. 11, Su. 47 || Remedies for maladies 243
|| Ch. 11, Su. 48 || How maladies enter the body 244
|| Ch. 11, Su. 49 || Classification of maladies according to their
path into the body 245
|| Ch. 11, Su. 50-53 || Classification of Ayurvedic practitioners 245
|| Ch. 11, Su. 54 || Basic divisions of treatment 246
|| Ch. 11, Su. 55 || Three kinds of remedies 247
|| Ch. 11, Su. 56-63 || Why one should learn to observe one’s body 248
|| Ch. 11, Su. 64-65 || Summary of the eight matters from Krshnatreya 249
Chapter 12
|| Ch. 12, Su. 1-2 || Vata dosha according to Atreya 251
|| Ch. 12, Su. 3 || The sages’ questions 251
|| Ch. 12, Su. 4 || Characteristics of vata 252
|| Ch. 12, Su. 5 || Bhardvadj says more about vayu 252
|| Ch. 12, Su. 6 || Kankayana’s confirmation 252
|| Ch. 12, Su. 7 || The words of Badish Dhamargava 253
|| Ch. 12, Su. 8 || Vayorvida on the five vayus 253
|| Ch. 12, Su. 9 || Marichi’s question 256
|| Ch. 12, Su. 10 || Vayorvida on the importance of vayu 256
|| Ch. 12, Su. 11 || Marichi on agni 256
|| Ch. 12, Su. 12 || Kapya about soma 257
|| Ch. 12, Su. 13 || Atreya on the harmony of the tridosha 257
|| Ch. 12, Su. 14 || Agreement of the sages 258
|| Ch. 12, Su. 15 || Appreciation for the wise words of Atreya 258
|| Ch. 12, Su. 16-17 || Summary of Chapter 12 258
Chapter 13
|| Ch. 13, Su. 1-2 || Lubricants and lubrication 259
|| Ch. 13, Su. 3 || Agnivesha’s doubts 259
|| Ch. 13, Su. 4-8 || Questions about sneh (lubricants and lubrication) 260
|| Ch. 13, Su. 9 || Two types of substances for lubrication 260
|| Ch. 13, Su. 10-11 || Sources of animal and plant sneh (lubricants) 261
|| Ch. 13, Su. 12 || Sesame oil nourishes and castor oil removes impurities 261
|| Ch. 13, Su. 13 || Ghee nourishes and is a wonderful conveyor 262
|| Ch. 13, Su. 14 || Ghee 263
|| Ch. 13, Su. 15 || General characteristics of oil 263
|| Ch. 13, Su. 16 || Lard 263
|| Ch. 13, Su. 17 || Madjdja 264
|| Ch. 13, Su. 18 || Internal, seasonal use 264
|| Ch. 13, Su. 19 || Sneh pan – when to use it 264
|| Ch. 13, Su. 20-21 || Correct temperature of the environment 265
|| Ch. 13, Su. 22 || Warm water and sneh pan 266
|| Ch. 13, Su. 23-25 || Twenty-four ways sneh can be delivered 266
|| Ch. 13, Su. 26 || Achhapey is the drinking of pure fat 268
|| Ch. 13, Su. 27-28 || Sixty-four kinds of sneh pan 268
|| Ch. 13, Su. 29-40 || Amount and dosage 269
|| Ch. 13, Su. 41-43 || Ghee is a panacea 270
|| Ch. 13, Su. 44-46 || Oil like a remedy 270
|| Ch. 13, Su. 47-49 || Lard as a remedy 271
|| Ch. 13, Su. 50 || Bone marrow as a remedy 271
|| Ch. 13, Su. 51 || Length of absorption of sneh 272
|| Ch. 13, Su. 52 || Snehan as a medical procedure 272
|| Ch. 13, Su. 53-56 || Contraindications for snehan 272
|| Ch. 13, Su. 57 || Manifestations of dehydration 273
|| Ch. 13, Su. 58 || Characteristics of a lubricated person 273
|| Ch. 13, Su. 59 || Symptoms of excessive lubrication 274
|| Ch. 13, Su. 60-61 || Preparations prior to snehan 274
|| Ch. 13, Su. 62-64 || Recommendations after snehan 275
|| Ch. 13, Su. 65-69 || Absorption in the gut and its cleansing 276
|| Ch. 13, Su. 70-78 || Complications during incorrect performance of snehan 276
|| Ch. 13, Su. 79 || Reasons for snehan complications 277
|| Ch. 13, Su. 80 || Snehan as preparation for virechan 277
|| Ch. 13, Su. 81 || Snehan as preparation for vaman 278
|| Ch. 13, Su. 82-90 || Various forms of snehan 279
|| Ch. 13, Su. 91-94 || What is forbidden and what is recommended
during snehan 279
|| Ch. 13, Su. 95 || Snehan for improving shukra dhatu 280
|| Ch. 13, Su. 96-97 || Absorption of fat 280
|| Ch. 13, Su. 98 || Salt during snehan 281
|| Ch. 13, Su. 99 || Sequence of procedures 281
|| Ch. 13, Su. 100 || Closing summary 281
Chapter 14
|| Ch. 14, Su. 1-2 || Svedan (sweat) procedure 282
|| Ch. 14, Su. 3-5 || Sved kriya – sweating (heating) procedures 282
|| Ch. 14, Su. 6 || Circumstances determining an outcome 283
|| Ch. 14, Su. 7-8 || Characteristics and intensity of the materials
used for svedan 283
|| Ch. 14, Su. 9 || Using materials after svedan amashaya and pakvashaya 284
|| Ch. 14, Su. 10 || Places where heating should be performed cautiously 284
|| Ch. 14, Su. 11-12 || Protecting sensitive places during svedan 285
|| Ch. 14, Su. 13 || When to stop the heating 285
|| Ch. 14, Su. 14-15 || Excessive heating 286
|| Ch. 14, Su. 16-19 || Contraindications of svedan 287
|| Ch. 14, Su. 20-24 || Indications for svedan 288
|| Ch. 14, Su. 25-27 || Pindasved (warm compresses using a pouch) 288
|| Ch. 14, Su. 28 || Prastarsved (sauna) 289
|| Ch. 14, Su. 29-33 || Nadisvedan (steam svedan with the aid of a hose) 290
|| Ch. 14, Su. 34 || Avgahasvedan (broth bath) 290
|| Ch. 14, Su. 35-37 || Upnahsved dravya (ingredients for
poultices and wraps) 291
|| Ch. 14, Su. 38 || The length of time for using heating poultices 291
|| Ch. 14, Su. 39-40 || Agni sanskar 292
|| Ch. 14, Su. 41 || Sankarasveda (heating using a pouch) 292
|| Ch. 14, Su. 42 || Prastara sveda (heating on a bed) 293
|| Ch. 14, Su. 43 || Ingredients and necessaries for performing nadi svedan 293
|| Ch. 14, Su. 44 || Parishek (heating through sprinkling) 294
|| Ch. 14, Su. 45 || Ingredients for the vatika concoction 295
|| Ch. 14, Su. 46 || Djentaka (sauna) 295
|| Ch. 14, Su. 47-49 || Heating with stone 297
|| Ch. 14, Su. 50-51 || Karshusveda (heating using a pit) 298
|| Ch. 14, Su. 52-54 || Kutirsved (circular room) 298
|| Ch. 14, Su. 55 || Bhusved (heating with the aid of the earth) 299
|| Ch. 14, Su. 56-58 || Kumbhimsved heating with the aid
of containers with herbs 299
|| Ch. 14, Su. 59-60 || Kupasved (another kind of heating) 300
|| Ch. 14, Su. 61-62 || Holaka sved 300
|| Ch. 14, Su. 63 || Summarizing sutra 301
|| Ch. 14, Su. 64 || What heats us 301
|| Ch. 14, Su. 65-66 || Various kinds of heating 301
|| Ch. 14, Su. 67 || Recommendations for heating 302
|| Ch. 14, Su. 68-71 || Summarizing sutra 302
Chapter 15
|| Ch. 15, Su. 1-2 || Rules of procedures 303
|| Ch. 15, Su. 3 || Equipment 303
|| Ch. 15, Su. 4 || Successful and unsuccessful treatment 303
|| Ch. 15, Su. 5 || Considerations about treatment 304
|| Ch. 15, Su. 6 || Basic equipment for the space 305
|| Ch. 15, Su. 7 || Description of an Ayurvedic hospital 306
|| Ch. 15, Su. 8 || Necessity of stopping a procedure 307
|| Ch. 15, Su. 9 || Preparing the invalid for the procedure 308
|| Ch. 15, Su. 10 || Correct dosage of vaman medicine 309
|| Ch. 15, Su. 11 || Preparation for vaman 309
|| Ch. 15, Su. 12 || Performance of vaman 310
|| Ch. 15, Su. 13 || Indices and symptoms of vaman 311
|| Ch. 15, Su. 14 || What follows vaman 312
|| Ch. 15, Su. 15 || Other recommendations after vaman 312
|| Ch. 15, Su. 16 || Diet regime after vaman 313
|| Ch. 15, Su. 17 || Preparation for virechan 314
|| Ch. 15, Su. 18 || Who should undergo virechan 315
|| Ch. 15, Su. 19-21 || Virechan for the impoverished 315
|| Ch. 15, Su. 22 || Positive effects of virechan 316
|| Ch. 15, Su. 23-25 || Summary of procedures 316
Chapter 16
|| Ch. 16, Su. 3-4 || Results depend on the quality of
the Ayurvedic practitioner 317
|| Ch. 16, Su. 5-10 || Correct and incorrect performance 318
|| Ch. 16, Su. 11-12 || Excessive vaman 319
|| Ch. 16, Su. 13-16 || Indications for vaman and virechan 319
|| Ch. 16, Su. 17-19 || Benefits of vaman and virechan 320
|| Ch. 16, Su. 20-21 || The permanent effect of vaman and virechan 320
|| Ch. 16, Su. 22-23 || Renewal of strength after vaman and virechan 321
|| Ch. 16, Su. 24-26 || Dealing with complications from procedures 321
|| Ch. 16, Su. 27 || Natural revival of balance 322
|| Ch. 16, Su. 28 || The cause of origination versus destruction 322
|| Ch. 16, Su. 29-30 || The role of the Ayurvedic practitioner 322
|| Ch. 16, Su. 31-32 || About the cause of destruction 323
|| Ch. 16, Su. 33 || The root of destruction is in origination itself 323
|| Ch. 16, Su. 34-38 || The reason for and aim of treatment 324
|| Ch. 16, Su. 39-41 || Summary 325