Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.30

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Although there are no Chinese versions of the three major medical dictionaries of the Indian Āyurveda, many texts of the Indian medical literature have been translated into Chinese. In the period of the Northern Dynasty, the Chinese Dharma branch translated 20 volumes of *Bo luo tian men* (*Brahman Astronomy*) and *Wu ming lun* (*Treatise on Five Fields of Knowledge*); (this includes "firstly, Treatise on Sound; secondly, Treatise on Prescription; thirdly, Treatise on Technique; fourthly, Treatise on Curse; fifthly, Treatise on Seal"), for Yuwen Hu. During the Southern Liang Dynasty, Ruan Xiaoxu's *Qi lu* (*Seven Collections*) records 10 volumes of *Mo he qu hu guo fang* (*Journey of Mo hu to Hu Countries*). Compiled by Maha Hu monk, this appears to be a foreign medical book from the name of the compiler and the book. One volume of *Za Rong Di fang* (*Miscellaneous Notes on the Rong and Di (tribes)*) was compiled by Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, and contained medicinal prescriptions from nations in the Western Regions or surrounding areas of the Northwest. Volume XXXIV entitled *Jing ji zhi san* (*Third Record to Religious Texts*) of *Sui shu* (*Book of the Sui Dynasty*), describes over 10 medical books of India and the Western Regions, including four volumes of *Longshu Pusa yao fang* (*Nagarjuna Medicinal Prescriptions*), 23 volumes of *Xiyu zhu xian suo shuo yao fang* (*Medicinal Prescriptions of Fairies in the Western Regions*), (one volume of catalogue and 25 volumes of texts), 10 volumes of *Xiang shan xian ren yao fang* (*Medicinal Prescriptions of Nine Fairies of Fragrant Mountain*), three volumes of *Xi yu bo luo xian ren fang* (*Medicinal Prescriptions of the Bodhisattva Nagarjuna*), four volumes of *Xiyu mingyi suo ji yao fang* (*Invaluable Prescriptions Collected by Famous Doctors in the Western Regions*) (12 volumes of texts), 20 volumes of *Bo luo men zhu xian yao fang* (*Medicinal Prescriptions of Brahman Fairies*), five volumes of *Bo luo men yao fang* (*Medicinal Prescriptions of Brahman*), two volumes of *Qipo suo shu xian ren ming lun fang* (*Prescriptions for Immortals Described by Jīvaka*) (one volume of catalogue and three volumes of texts), 10 volumes of *Gan da li zhi gui fang* (*Gāndhārī Recipes to Treat Demons*), four volumes of *Xin lu gan da li zhi gui fang* (*the Newly Recorded Gāndhārī Recipes to Treat Demons*) (five volumes of texts and errors), two volumes of *Longshu pusa he xiang fa* (*Methods of the Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna for Compounding Perfumes*) and one volume of *Longshu pusa yang xing fang* (*Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna's Prescription for Spiritual Cultivation*). Like *Mo he qu hu guo fang* (*Journey of Mohe to Hu Countries*), this batch of medical books must be