Ghee Hidden in Milk: Bhavaprakasha on the Body's Last Reserve

The short version Partway through the Purva Khanda of the Bhavaprakasha, Bhavamisra stops describing and starts arguing. He has been...

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Shokaja Atisara: Where the Sushruta Samhita Puts Grief

The short version Chapter 40 of the Uttara Tantra of the Sushruta Samhita is the chapter on Atisara. It opens...

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Karma Purusha: The Sushruta Samhita's Six-Part Person

The short version The Sushruta Samhita keeps its anatomy in a volume called the Sharira Sthana, and you would expect...

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Doshopakramaniya Adhyaya: Ashtanga Hridaya's Unripe Fruit Rule

The short version Chapter 13 of the Ashtanga Hridaya's Sutrasthana is called Doshopakramaniya — the general line of approach for...

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Anupana in the Charaka Samhita: How Kalpa Sthana Chapter 7 Makes 110 Formulas From One Root

The short version Chapter 7 of the Charaka Samhita's Kalpa Sthana takes a single root and builds one hundred and...

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Dhatu Mala and Ojas in the Bhavaprakasha: What Every Tissue Throws Away, and the One Round That Throws Away Nothing

The short version The Bhavaprakasha spends several pages of its Purva Khanda on how one dhatu becomes the next. Far...

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