Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c17.9

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p. 3. l. 22—Lolimbarāja flourished before 1600 A. D. He was a resident of Junnar in Poona Dist. ( Bombay state ) and had married the daughter of a Muhammadan Subhedar of that place. After his wife's death he became an ascetic and devotee of the goddess Durga at Saptaśṛṅga in Nasik Dist. A title *kavipātśāha* was given to him by the people. His father's name was Divākarabhaṭṭa. Lolimbarāja wrote the following works:—( i ) *Vaidyajīvana*, ( ii ) *Vaidyāvatamsa*, ( iii ) *Camatkāracintāmaṇi*, ( iv ) *Ratnakalācarita*, ( v ) *Lolimbarāja ākhyāna*. The first three deal with medicine and are written in Sanskrit. The last two are Marathi poems. Editions of Vaidyajīvana:—(i) with Sanskrit comm. by Sukhānanda and also with Hindi trans. Venkateshvar press, Bombay, 1910, 1920. (ii) Bombay, 1874. (iii) with Hindi paraphrase, Banaras 1880. (iv) with Hindi trans. Cawnpore, 1911. Commentaries on Vaidyajīvana:—(1) by Rudrabhaṭṭa Vaidya, son of Konerbhaṭṭa, (2) Vijñānandakarī by Prayāgadatta or Prayāgabhaṭṭa, (3) Dīpikā by Goswāmī Harinātha (4) by Bhavānisahāy, (5) by Jñānadeva or Dāmodara, (6) Jagaccandrikā by Bhagīratha. cf. P. K. Gode IC VII, No. 3-4.