A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.172
A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.172
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254 One of the procedures consists of putting a kuḍyakīṭaka (P.V. Sharma: some insect; P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta, 1965: 36: a wall lizard) or matsyaka (P.V. Sharma: a small fish; P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta, 1965: 37: a silver-fish, Lepisma saccharina) in a handful of water. See on Lepisma: E. Balfour (1967): II, 702. Kuḍyamatsya is a synonym of gṛhagodhikā (Bṛhatsaṃhitā 87.8; Hemacandra's Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1298, ed. Boehtlingk and Rieu; Vaijayantīkoṣa 4.1.30–31); the passage from the Bṛhatsaṃhitā makes clear that it is a gecko.
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- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantīkośa (Yādavaprakāśa) — Yādavaprakāśa, Sanskrit
- Abhidhānacintāmaṇi — Hemacandra, Sanskrit