Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t2.21

v1.c6.s2.t2.21

Transliterated Sanskrit terms pointing at Ayurvedic connections are numerous in Sun Simiao’s works eg “Agatuo” 阿迦陀 for “Agada” meaning disease-free, “Ka mo lo” 迦摩羅for “Kāmalā” or jaundice and translated term “Zuo dao yao” 座導藥 for “Bastinetra” both meaning sitting-directing medicine ie a suppository. Although suppositories were used in China earlier as seen in “Sengshenfang” (profound medicinal formulae of the Buddhists), a 5th century work but they were not under this name.¹⁰ Sun Simiao also introduced concepts of healing of mental sufferings by means of “Chan” 禪 for *Dhyāna*, and a method of Indian massage “An mo fa” 按 摩 法 and called it a Brahmin’s method.