Cikitsāsthāna

This Sanskrit manuscript fragment constitutes a section from the *Vāgbhaṭa-Cikitsāsthāna*, specifically addressing the treatment of fever (*jvara*) in classical Āyurvedic medicine. The text presents a sophisticated nosological framework, distinguishing between *nava-jvara* (acute fever) and *jīrṇa-jvara* (chronic fever), and prescribes graduated therapeutic interventions including therapeutic fasting (*laṅghana*), emesis (*vamana*), and medicated gruels (*peyā*). Notable features include the correlation of disease duration with dosa-specific prognoses—seven days for vāta, ten for pitta, and fifteen for kapha fevers—alongside detailed dietary restrictions and the contraindication of oleation (*sneha*) in undigested toxic states (*āma*). The passage exemplifies the systematic, stage-based (*krama*) approach characteristic of classical Indian medical literature, integrating humoral theory with practical clinical management.