Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.31.3

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For example, there is one volume with the title *Longshu pusa he xiang fa* (*Methods of the Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna for Compounding Perfumes*), one volume of Jīvaka on *Qipo fu lingsan fang* (*Decomposed Recipes of Poria*), 12 volumes of Jīvaka entitled *Qipo mai jue* (*Qipo on Impulse*) (annotated by Shi Luoshi) and one volume of *Longshu pusa yan jing* (*Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna’s Classic on Eyes*), one volume of *Longshu pusa yinfa* (*Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna’s Indian Method*) and one volume of *Longshu pusa ma ming pusa mi fa* (*Secret Methods of Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa and Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna*). Besides these books which were translated directly into Chinese, some Indian medical books were translated into medical texts in dialects of Xinjiang areas. *Bao wei er xie ben* (*Bower Manuscript*), *Yi li qing hua* (*Siddhasra*) and *Qipo shu* (*Jīvaka-pustaka*) are characteristic examples of such translation. Moreover, all Tibetan medical books containing some “medical knowledge and application” from the Great Sutra are translated from Indian texts, while Tibetan medical classics and literature including *Si bu yi dian* (*Standard Medical Texts in Four Parts*) and *Yue wang yao zhen* (*Medicine Treasures of Moon King*) also contain rich Indian medical knowledge. Translated classics/sutras too are comprehensive in content and provide extensive medical knowledge. In Buddhist Tripitakas, there are sutras expounding medicines or subjects related to it.