A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s2.87

v1.c26.s2.87

The same authors 247 drew attention to the religious treatment of rājayakṣman, of a clearly Hinduist type, described at the end of the chapters on the therapy of that disease in Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya. The Hṛdaya has a half-verse only (Ci.5.84), which recommends recourse to religious measures (daivavyapāśraya) and to the practices mentioned in the Atharvaveda. The Saṃgraha has the same ardhaśloka (Ci.7.118cd), but adds a verse, saying that the same sacrifice (iṣṭi) as that mentioned in the Veda, which cured Candra’s rājayakṣman, should be performed by the purohita (Ci.7.119). This extra verse, however, is a variant of a stanza found in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.8.189), which prescribes the same iṣṭi, without mentioning a purohita.