1891.] Dr. Hoernle —An instalment of the Bower Manuscript, 
139 
Metres. 
Nos. 
Verses. 
4, Aupachchhandasika 
4 
17, 20, 21, 27 
5, Kusumitalatavellita 
1(2) 
31, (35) 
6, Malini 
2 
13, 42 
7, Mandakranta ... 
1(2) 
9, (35) 
8, Maya 
2 
36, 37 
9, Pramanika 
1 
26 
10, Pramitakshara 
1 
33 
11, Prithvi 
1 
34 
12, S'alini 
2 
24, 32 
13, S'ardulavikridita 
3 
19, 40, 41 
14, Sragdhara 
1 
18 
15, Sudha 
1 
25 
16, Suvadana 
1 
15 
17, Totaka 
1 
16 
18, Vamsasthavila 
1 
22 
19, Vasantatilaka 
9 
1-8 
Altogether there are 19 metres with 129J verses between them. 
Most of them, however, are represented by only one or two verses; and 
all of them, except the three first-named, occur exclusively in the intro¬ 
duction of the treatise. The arya metre, on the other hand, is not em¬ 
ployed in the introduction at all. The indravajra and sloka, which are 
the most generally used metres, occur both in the introduction and in 
the body of the work, though more frequently in the latter. In fact the 
body of the work is, with the exception of the six arya verses, written 
throughout either in slokas or indravajras. 
The only prose portions are : a longer passage between the 35th and 
36th verses, and a short remark between the 48th and 49th verses. 
The work consists of two distinct portions. The first is a sort of 
introduction which extends as far as the end of the 42nd verse, where 
after a great variety (18) of metres, the first long series of slokas com¬ 
mences. It treats of the discovery and the various medical uses of 
garlic ( lasuna ). 
The second portion, which forms the body of the work, may be 
described as a treatise on what in the Susruta (II, 12 and IV, 20) are 
called the hshudra-roga or minor diseases. It commences with verse 
43 ; and includes several sub-divisions which are generally indicated by 
a change of metre. 
The first sub-division extends to verse 50, and consists of eight slokas. 
It lays down a series of general physiological rules. 
