Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c8.3

c8.3

§ 2. 16th to 18th Century :—As soon as one goes back behind the 19th century, great difficulties arise as to the dates of the literary works. So only such of the numerous Sanskrit texts, besides the well known chief works, will be mentioned as are partly already printed and partly only known from the manuscripts catalogues as dealing either with the collective medicine or with particular parts thereof (for glossaries and veterinary science see § 11 ff. ). Mention will also be made of those works the dates of which are determinable a little more easily, as also of those the date of compilation of which is either given in the MSS or can approximately be fixed on internal evidence. According to Sinhjee ibid. many works are indeed exactly datable. Thus he places in the 18th century : *Ataṅkatimirabhāskara* of Balarama in Banaras—a great work also mentioning tea¹, *Āyurvedaprakāśa* of Madhava 1713; IO No. 950 denotes a MS written in 1786; *Yogatarangiṇī* of Trimalla 1751; this well known collection of recipes² must, however, be much older, as L 203—the MS written in 1498 of another work by Trimalla³ is recorded. According to the unreliable dating of Umeshchandra Gupta (ibid. Preface), the following works belong to the 18th Century:—*Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī* of Govindadāsa (Calcutta 1893, pp.788)