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Chap. LXV.] Bhakshja (masticable) or the solid food that has to be bitten with the teeth before eating, (2) Bhojya (edible) or the solid food proper i.e., which has not to be bitten with the teeth, (3) Lehya (lambative) or the semi-liquid food that has to be licked like an electuary, and (4) Peya (drink) or the liquid food proper that has to be drunk; but of these four kinds, two kinds only (viz., Anna and Pániya) have been mentioned (in naming the chapter). Here it is (said that the other two kinds) are) understood. For, when only two are mentioned in respect of food and drink, the inclusion of all the four therein is easily comprehended. And why? Because the term ' Bhakshya ' is included in the term ' Anna ' — both being of the same kind, viz., solid food; and the term ' Lehya ' is included in the term ' Peya ' — both being of the same kind, viz, liquid. And the articles of food, though they are really of four kinds, are usually spoken of in the common language as being of two kinds only (viz., solid and liquid). 37.

Here have been fully described by me the thirty-two technical terms for the investigation into the essence of this Tantra (work). The intelligent man who is fully conversant with these technical terms — which work like lights, as it were, — is to be regarded as the greatest physician and to be held in great esteem. — This is what the Sage Dhanvantari says. 38.

Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta- Samhitá which deals with the technical terms used in this work