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FIRST PART. This is entitled ^-qQ'l^, rtsa-vahi-rgyut the root or basis of the (medical) tract. It is divided into six chapters. First Chapter. In this is described tow CHOMDANDAS (SHAKYA) transforming himselfinto the shape of a chief pfcysiciaD, in a forest of medical plants, delivered his iEstructions, in a superb palace, in the presence of gods, sages (or Risfiis), and a large train both of heretic and orthodox hearers. Second Chcpier. He (SHAKYA) addressed his audience thus : — " Assembled fiienda ! be it known to you, that every human creature who wishes to remain in health ; and every man who desires to cure any disease, and to prolong life, must be instructed in the doctrine of medicine. Likewise, he that wishes for moral \irtue, wealth, or happiness, and desires to be delivered from the miseries of sickness; as also, he that wishes to be honoured or respected by others, must be instructed in the art of healing." Then one of the hermits or Ilishi« (^C;*îj C-Drang-Srong) expressing his desire of promoting the well-being of others, requested his advice as to the manner in which he might become instructed in the doctrine of medicine. Then the teacher (SHAKYA) said: (or commanded)" He must be instructed in the four parts of the medical science, which are the 3f'TJQ*|*. ;Z3JCJV-Q; ; 5)*£!*]•*]• ; and g**ÍQ'|jS root or theory, explication, instruction, and lastly manual operation ; farther, he must be instructed in the eight branches'of healing; viz. 1, the curing of the whole body ; 2, of particular diseases, incident to children ; 3, to women ; 4, the curing of diseases caused by evil spirits ; 5, of wouuds made by a knife, spear, i*c. ; l'>, of all sorts of venomous or poisonous infections ; 7, of the infirmities of old age ; aed 8, the increasing of virility in men. These are the principal divisions of the whole medical treatise. The number of chapters in the four parts of this medical tract, amount to ihr,. In the explanatory part, there are 11 places or seclions, and 31 chapters ; in the instructive part on cures or renn dies for each .specified d^ease, there are )T> circv.instaiices and 92 cliaptcrs ;—the last pari uas four uivisions and 27 chapters. 4. fig. La page 2 de l'article publié en 1835 par Csorna de Körös sur le rGyud-bzi, dans le Journal de la Société Asiatique du Bengale