The Garuda Purana

Samhita a systematic collection of knowledge, commonly known as the Nitisara The Essence of Conduct or Ethics, in which we find observations on practical conduct and a knowledge of human nature, which strongly remind one of Bacon's essays Referring to the 16th-century English philosopher Francis Bacon, known for his pragmatic and analytical essays on human behavior. and in comparison with which the Samhita gains one or two points more, not to speak of its excellent poetry and harmony. In the Etiological relating to the causes of disease portion of the Dhanvantari Samhita a medical treatise named after the celestial physician of the gods, one is astonished to find that in "certain types of fever the blood undergoes a sort of chemical change which produces the morbific factors elements that generate disease of the disease, that in hæmoptisis the coughing up of blood the blood comes from the spleen, liver or the blood-vessels (facts unknown to the Nidanist pathologist or specialist in diagnosis, Madhava a famous 7th-century Indian physician known for his work on pathology), that there is a kind of parasites that produces leprosy, and cutaneous affections in general," facts which, it was but yesterday, that the science of the west have gained access to. The therapeutical portion of the Samhita contains many excellent remedies which can not but benefit man in the art of living a long, healthy life. It is almost impossible for us to give within? such a small compass even the faintest glimpse of the splendid truths that lie scattered through the pages of this noble Puranam an ancient Indian encyclopedic text; enough if we conclude our remark with the saying that, it broadens the vision of a man into regions where systems and worlds are but bubbles and atoms, and enables him to consolidate his amity with those profound realities, which encompass "being and becoming" in every plane of existence, or at least helps him to lift up the veil of the Nature's workshop and to catch a view, however slight and momentary, of the nature and essence of things.