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Charak Samhita

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तत्र श्लोकाः- अर्थे दशमहामूलाः सञ्ज्ञा चासां यथा कृता। अयनान्ताः षडग्र्याश्च रूपं वेदविदां च यत् ॥८६॥

[Summary] The nomenclature of the ten vessels attached to the heart (mahamula), the foremost ones among the six categories of regimen,

english translation

सप्तकश्चाष्टकश्चैव परिप्रश्नाः सनिर्णयाः। यथा वाच्यं यदर्थं च षड्विधाश्चैकदेशिकाः ॥८७॥

the characteristic features of learned physicians, the eight kinds of questions along with their replies, methods for replying, their elaboration and six types of fraudulent physicians/quacks –

english translation

अर्थेदशमहामूले सर्वमेतत् प्रकाशितम्। सङ्ग्रहश्चायमध्यायस्तन्त्रस्यास्यैव केवलः ॥८८॥

all these have been described in this chapter on the “Ten great vessels having their roots in the heart”.

english translation

यथा सुमनसां सूत्रं सङ्ग्रहार्थं विधीयते। सङ्ग्रहार्थं तथाऽर्थानामृषिणा सङ्ग्रहः कृतः ॥८९॥

A summary of the entire treatise is given in this chapter. Just as flowers are strung into a garland with the help of a thread (sutra), so also are the topics/objects of the whole text are briefly woven here in the Sutra Sthana.

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