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(1) The Worshipful Atreya Who Had Thus Spoken, Agnivesa Said! “o Lord! These Five  Hundred Decoctives Do Not Comprise Five Hundred Drugs, Because Some Common Constituent Decoctive Keep Recurring In These Principle Groups.

(2.1) The Worshipful Atreya Replied To Him “ O Agnivesha! The Wise Should Not See Things In That Light.” Though Single, A Thing May Have Many Appellations Owing To Its Diverse Actions.

(2.2) Thus A Man Able To Perform Various Actions. He Is Given That Particular Appellation Which Is Characteristic Of The Actions Which He Does, Either As An Agent Or Instrument Or Doer. The Same Thing Is Observed In The Case Of The Drugs.

(2.3)  If We Could Indeed Find Any One Drug Possessed Of All The Properties, And Capable Of Meeting All Requirements, Who Would Then Put Himself To The Trouble Of Committing To Memory Or Imparting To His Disciples The Name And Qualities Of Any Other Drugs?

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1. Here Are Described In Brief The 600 Purgatives Preparations, The Names Of The Drugs And Number Of Preparation From Each Of Them, As Well As The Six Sources Of These Drugs.
2. The Preparation Made From Articles Of All The Categories Of Taste Excepts The Salt, Are Called Decoctives; Hence, The Substrata Of Decoctives Is Said To Be Of Five Kinds.
3. Similarly, The Mode Of Preparation Of These Is Described As Of Five Kinds; The Fifty Principle Groups Of Decoctives Are Also Enumerated.
4. Five Hundred Decoctives Are Severally Described For Illustration; There Is No Limit To The Expansion Of The Subject.
5. Over Brevity Will Not Do For, It Will Not Be Help To Mediocre; Therefore Neither An Over Extensive Description Is Given; And This Will Be Of Practical Use To Mediocre And Aid The Talented; Thus The Fifty Fold Classification Of Decoctives Has Been Described.
6. He Is The Best Of Physicians, Who Knows The Art Of Combination As Well As The Systematic Administration Of These Preparations, Both Internally And Externally.
7. Thus, In The Section On General Prnciples, In The Treatise Compiled By Agnivesa And Revised By Caraka, The Fourth Chapter Entitled Six Hundred Purgative Preperations Is Completed

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