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Origin of the Ayurveda:—The eight divisions of the Ayurveda and the characteristic features of each of them—History of Surgery and its primary importance—Gradual extension of the Ayurveda—Definition of Purusha—Classification of the mobile and the immobile—Definition and classification of disease—Classification of Oshadhis—The four factors to be employed in successfully coping with a disease—The four stages of a disease ... ...

Initiation of a student of the Ayurveda:—Qualifications of a student of medicine—Mode of Initiation—Compact between the preceptor and his disciple—Prohibited periods of the study of the Ayurveda ... ... ... ... ...

Classification of the Ayurveda &c.:—The distribution of its hundred and twenty chapters among the five subdivisions of this Samhita—A synopsis of the contents of the chapters allotted to each of its subdivisions—Skilful and unskilful physicians—The mode of studying the Ayurveda—Duties of a pupil after having finished the study of the Ayurveda ... ...

General explanations:—Necessity of a clear exposition of the Ayurveda—Defects which flow from nonexposition of the same—Duties of a student of the Ayurveda ... ...