Sutra Sthana

सूत्रस्थानम्

Basic principles, daily regimen, diet and drugs.

  • 30 Chapters
  • Foundational Principles
  • Acharya Charaka
  • c. 2nd Century BCE

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# Chapter Name Topics Covered Actions
1 Dirghanjivitiya Adhyaya The origin of Ayurveda, the aim of life and the basic principles of health
2 Apamarga Tanduliya Adhyaya Drugs for purification (Panchakarma) of the head and body
3 Aragvadhiya Adhyaya External applications and pastes for skin diseases
4 Shadvirechanashatashritiya Adhyaya Six hundred purgative preparations and their sources
5 Matrashitiya Adhyaya The right quantity of food and the daily regimen
6 Tasyashitiya Adhyaya Diet and lifestyle for each of the six seasons
7 Navegandharaniya Adhyaya Natural urges that must not be suppressed and those that should be controlled
8 Indriyopakramaniya Adhyaya Care of the sense organs and the code of good conduct
9 Khuddakachatushpada Adhyaya The four pillars of treatment: physician, medicine, attendant and patient
10 Mahachatushpada Adhyaya Curable and incurable diseases and the value of the four pillars
11 Tistraishaniya Adhyaya The three desires of life, the three pillars of health and the three causes of disease
12 Vatakalakaliya Adhyaya The qualities and actions of Vata in health and disease
13 Sneha Adhyaya Oleation therapy: fats, oils, doses and procedure
14 Sveda Adhyaya Sudation therapy: types, indications and precautions
15 Upakalpaniya Adhyaya Preparing the patient and the hospital for purification therapy
16 Chikitsaprabhritiya Adhyaya Signs of proper, excessive and insufficient purification
17 Kiyantahshirasiya Adhyaya Diseases of the head and heart, and the classification of doshas
18 Trishothiya Adhyaya The three types of swelling (shotha) and their treatment
19 Ashtodariya Adhyaya Classification of diseases by number
20 Maharoga Adhyaya Diseases caused by each dosha
21 Ashtauninditiya Adhyaya Eight undesirable body types; obesity and emaciation
22 Langhanabrimhaniya Adhyaya Depleting (langhana) and nourishing (brimhana) therapies
23 Santarpaniya Adhyaya Diseases of over-nutrition and under-nutrition
24 Vidhishonitiya Adhyaya Pure blood, blood disorders and their treatment
25 Yajjahpurushiya Adhyaya The origin of man and disease; the best and worst foods
26 Atreyabhadrakapyiya Adhyaya The science of taste: rasa, guna, virya and vipaka
27 Annapanavidhi Adhyaya Properties of grains, pulses, meat, vegetables, fruits and drinks
28 Vividhashitapitiya Adhyaya Digestion of food and diseases of the tissues
29 Dashapranayataniya Adhyaya The ten seats of life and the qualities of a good physician
30 Arthedashamahamuliya Adhyaya The heart, Ojas and the eight branches of Ayurveda

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