Ca, Nid., 4, 5.1 tatreme trayo nidānādiviśeṣāḥ śleṣmanimittānāṃ pramehāṇāmāśvabhinirvṛttikarā bhavanti tad yathā hāyanakayavakacīnakoddālakanaiṣadhetkaṭamukundakamahāvrīhipramodakasugandhakānāṃ navānāmativelamatipramāṇena copayogaḥ tathā sarpiṣmatāṃ navahareṇumāṣasūpyānāṃ grāmyānūpaudakānāṃ ca māṃsānāṃ śākatilapalalapiṣṭānnapāyasakṛśarāvilepīkṣuvikārāṇāṃ kṣīranavamadyamandakadadhidravamadhurataruṇaprāyāṇāṃ copayogaḥ mṛjāvyāyāmavarjanaṃ svapnaśayanāsanaprasaṅgaḥ yaśca kaścidvidhiranyo 'pi śleṣmamedomūtrasaṃjananaḥ sa sarvo nidānaviśeṣaḥ //

Ca, Vim., 7, 15.3 anantaraṃ nidānoktānāṃ bhāvānāmanupasevanaṃ yaduktaṃ nidānavidhau tasya vivarjanaṃ tathāprāyāṇāṃ cāpareṣāṃ dravyāṇām /