A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.4.5

v2.c29.4.5

Ganguli] published by Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna [and Kaviraj Pareshnath Sharma Kavibhusan], 68 parts, Calcutta [1890]-1925; this translation is based on Gaṅgādhara’s text of the Carakasamhitā (see A. Roṣu, 1977: 173); second revised edition, with a preface by Dr. Jan Erik Sigdell, 5 vols., Indian Medical Science Series No. 43, Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi 1996. See on this translation and on Kisari Mohan Ganguli: A. Barth, JA 1911, 389–390; H. Jacobi (1908). b = edition and translation ff. c = edition and translation jj. d = edition and translation kk. References are to ed. z. 2 It is not without significance that the saṃhitā begins with the words athātaḥ. See on these words, in particular on the auspicious atha, and their meaning, the comments of Cakrapāṇidatta, Śivadāsasena and Gaṅgādhara ad Ca.Sū.1.1, those of Ḍalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.1.1, those of Aruṇadatta, Candranandana, Hemādri, Indu and Śrīdāsa ad A.h.Sū.1.2, those of Indu