A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s9.2

v1.c26.s9.2

Transitional periods between seasons (ṛtusandhi) are described (A.s.Sū.4.61; A.h.Sū.3.58); they consist of the seven last and seven first days of a season;573 the chapters on the groups of drugs (A.s.Sū.16; A.h.Sū.15) omit some of Suśruta’s gaṇas (Sū.38)574 and make some changes in other groups;575 an additional blunt instrument (yantra), called mucuṇḍī (A.h.Sū.25.9) or mucuṭī (A.s.Sū.34.6) is described; some more additional yantras are: aṅgulītrāṇaka (A.h.Sū.25.21; A.s.Sū.34.11), śṛṅga, alābu and ghaṭī (A.s.Sū.34.13; A.h.Sū.25.26–28ab); valkala and latā are absent among the anuyantras (A.s.Sū.34.17; A.h.Sū.25.39cd–40), although they form part of Suśruta’s list;576 the number of sharp instruments (śastra) is twenty-six (A.s.Sū.34.21; A.h.Sū. 26.1), whereas their number is twenty in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Sū.8.3);577 some added śastras are the sarpavaktra (A.s.Sū.34.21) or sarpāsya (A.h.Sū.26.8ab) and kartarī (A.s.Sū.34.26; A.h.Sū.26.17cd); the surgical procedures (śastrakarman) are of twelve (A.s.Sū.34.22) or thirteen kinds (A.h.Sū.26.28cd–29ab), while they are of eight kinds in Suśruta (Sū.8.4; Sū.25), of six kinds in Caraka (Ci.25.55);578 kāmalā (jaundice) is described as a disease that may arise without the presence of pāṇḍuroga in a person who has a profuse amount of pitta (pittolbaṇa) (A.s.Ni.13.18cd; A.h.Ni.13.17cd);579 the number of bālagrahas is twelve, while Suśruta has a number of nine; added are Śvagraha, Pitṛgraha and Śuṣkarevatī;580 the number of eye diseases is ninety-four (A.s. U.20.36 = A.h.U.16.60cd–61ab);581 the diseases of the ears are twenty-five in number (A.s.U.21.30; A.h.U.17.26cd), whereas Suśruta’s number is twenty-eight;582 new diseases of the ears are: kuci- or kūcikarṇaka (A.s.U.21.17; A.h.U.17.16ab), pālīśoṣa (A.s.U.21.21; A.h.U.17.19ab), pippalī (A.s.U.21.18; A.h.U.17.16cd–17a), tantrikā (A.s.U.21.22; A.h.U.17.19cd), and vidārikā (A.s.U.21.26; A.h.U.17.23ab); karṇaśūla is described much more elaborately (A.s.U.21.2–4; A.h.U.17.1–3) than in Suśruta (U.20.6); five types are distinguished and characterized, whereas Suśruta has one type only;584 a purulent discharge is described in karṇaśūla due to pitta (A.s.U.21.5; A.h.U.17.4–5ab);585 the techniques for repair of the earlobes (A.s.U.22.53–68) have names that partly differ from those used in the Suśrutasaṃhitā; an additional technique is called śuṣkaśaṣkulī; the number of diseases of the nose is eighteen (A.s.U.23.27ef; A.h.U.19.27cd), while Suśruta’s number is thirty-one; the disease of the nose called apīnasa is elaborately and very well described; the term siṃhāṇaka is used for the mucous discharge (A.s.U.23.20–21 = A.h.U.19.20–21);586 puṭaka is a new disease of the nose (A.s.U.23.25; A.h.U.19.25); the mukharogas are seventy-five in number, while Suśruta’s number is sixty-five; khaṇḍauṣṭha (A.s.U.25.4 = A.h.U.21.3cd) and gaṇḍālajī (A.s.U.25.14 = A.h.U.21.1 lab) are new; the descriptions of dālana (A.s.U. 25.15 = A.h.U.21.11cd–12ab) and dantaharṣa (A.s.U.25.16 = A.h.U.21.12cd–13ab) differ from those in the Suśrutasaṃhitā; bhañjanaka and hanumokṣa are omitted; cālā (A.s.U.25.17cd = A.h.U.21.14ab), dantabheda (A.s.U.25.17ab = A.h.U.21.13cd), karāla (A.s.U.25.18 = A.h.U.21.14cd), and adhidanta (A.s.U.25.19 = A.h.U.21.15) are added;587 adhijihva is a jihvāroga (A.s.U.25.38 = A.h.U.21.34–35ab), whereas it is one of the kaṇṭharogas in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ni.16.52); the description of this disease does not agree with Suśruta;588 the chapters on mukharoga do not describe adhruṣa and tuṇḍikerī among the diseases of the palate (A.s.U.25; A.h.U.21), although mentioned as such by Suśruta; tālupiṭakā (A.s.U.25.40 = A.h.U.21.36.) replaces adhruṣa, while tuṇḍikerikā (A.s.U.25.54 = A.h.U.21.47) is a disease of the throat; Suśruta’s māṃsasaṃghāta is replaced by tāluśoṇi (A.s.U.25.42 = A.h.U.21.38cd); galārbuda (A.s.U.25.60 = A.h.U.21.52cd–53ab) and galagaṇḍa (A.s.U.25.61 = A.h.U.21.53c-f)