A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s12.10

v1.c26.s12.10

The age a male should have in order to beget a healthy child is twenty-five in the Saṃgraha (Śā.1.3), twenty in the Hṛdaya (Śā.1.8–9a). The female should be sixteen years of age. The Hṛdaya is, as a text more in agreement with orthodox views, regarded as later than the Saṃgraha. This difference between the two texts has also been discussed by Hilgenberg and Kirfel, as well as by H. Parāḍkar, who are not led by it to assume two different authors. 661 The Aṣṭāngasaṃgraha is sometimes (see, for example, Śā.3.37) in agreement with the Carakasaṃhitā (compare Ca.Śā.8.48), whereas the corresponding verse of the Hṛdaya (Śā.1.94) agrees with the Suśrutasaṃhitā (compare Su.Śā.10.16–17). The Hṛdaya (Śā.3.12) mentions the ḍimbha as one of the viscera (koṣṭhāṅga), whereas the Saṃgraha (Śā.5.28) does not employ this anatomical term in the corresponding passage. The Saṃgraha (Śā.5.48) accepts a number of 2,000 sandhis; the Hṛdaya (Śā.3.16cd–17ab) states that their number is 210 according to Dhanvantari, but 2,000 according to Atrinandana (i.e., the Ātreya Punarvasu of the *Carakasaṃhitā*). The system of *sirās* shows some differences (compare A.s.Śā.6.8 and A.h.Śā.3.38b). The nature of the transforming fire is discussed in both texts (A.s.Śā.6.23; A.h.Śā.3.49); two disagreeing opinions are referred to; the second opinion, ascribed to Ātreya in the *Hṛdaya*, appears to be rejected in the *Saṃgraha*. The *Saṃgraha* (Śā.7.14) acknowledges eleven *māṃsamarmans*, forty-one *sirāmarmans*, twenty-seven *snāvamarmans*, eight *asthimarmans*, twenty *sandhimarmans*; the *Hṛdaya* (Śā.4.40–44), on the other hand, acknowledges ten *māṃsamarmans*, thirty-seven *sirāmarmans*, nine *dhamanīmarmans*, twenty-three *snāvamarmans*, eight *asthimarmans*, twenty *sandhimarmans*. The *Saṃgraha* (Śā.7.13–14) distinguishes five types of marman, the *Hṛdaya* (Śā.4.39) adds a sixth type, connected with the *dhamanīs*;⁶⁶² the *Hṛdaya* (Śā.4.45cd–46) adds that others do not acknowledge this extra group, consisting of the *guda* (a *māṃsamarman* in the *Saṃgraha*), the two *apastambhas* (*sirāmarmans* in the *Saṃgraha*), the two *vidhuras* (*snāvamarmans* in the *Saṃgraha*), and the four *śṛṅgāṭakas* (*sirāmarmans* in the *Saṃgraha*) (A.h.Śā.4.42a–c); accordingly, the *Saṃgraha* (Śā.7.10) refers to the *śṛṅgāṭaka* as a *sirāmarman* in another passage; the corresponding verse of the *Hṛdaya* (Śā.4.34) does not mention the type of marman involved. The *Saṃgraha* (Ka.8.27) requires the quantity of fresh, moist drugs and of liquids to be double the quantity of dried drugs; the *Hṛdaya* (Ka.6.23ab) says the same, but specifies that the rule for liquids applies only to quantities of a *kuḍava* and more; the *Saṃgraha* follows Caraka (Ka.12.98cd) and Suśruta (Ci.31.7), whereas the *Hṛdaya* adheres to the rule of Jātukarṇa and that of another unnamed authority, both quoted by Cakrapāṇidatta.⁶⁶³