[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1649 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1649 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1649 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1649) PĀLĀKĀVYA. The author of the famous book ‘Hastyāyurvedasaṃhitā’. This book contains 160 chapters dealing with Mahārogasthāna (great diseases), Kṣudrarogasthāna (minor diseases), Śalyasthāna (extraction of extraneous matter from the body) and Uttarasthāna (diseases of the head). Pālākāvya taught this Āyurvedasaṃhitā to Rāmapāda, King of Aṅgadeśa. (Agni Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1648) - [Next: c8.1650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1650) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1649) · Pramāṇa