A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.363

v2.c30.363

210 See on the uses of karavīra: P.V. Sharma (1996): 84–85. 211 See on the uses of ikṣvāku: P.V. Sharma (1996): 25–26. 212 See on the uses of svarṇakṣīrī = kanakakṣīrī: P.V. Sharma (1996): 399. 213 Cf. Su.Ci.9.9 (tiktakasarpiṣ); Mādhavacikitsā, kuṣṭha 50; Cakradatta, kuṣṭha 95–98. 214 Also mentioned at Ca.Ci.12.57, 16.43, 21.62. Cf. Bhela Ci.17.19; Su.Ci.9.8 (mahātiktakasarpiṣ); A.h.Ci.16.1, 17.14, 18.9 and 22, 19.8–11ab (mahātiktaghṛta and -sarpiṣ); A.s.Ci.19.6 and 21.4; Cakradatta, kuṣṭha 106–112. See for three different formulae of the same name: Gadanigraha, prayogakhaṇḍa, ghṛtādhikāra 162–168, 169–176ab, 403–410. 215 Cf. Cakradatta, kuṣṭha 113–117. See on khadira and its uses: A. Narayana (1996); P.V. Sharma (1996): 119–121; P.K. Warrier, V.P.K. Nambiar and C. Ramankutty (1994): 19–22. 216 Compare Ca.Sū.19.3 and 4; Śā.7.4: sidhma and kilāsa are located in the third layer of the skin. Cf. Su.Ni.5.17. See on kilāsa, already mentioned in the Atharvaveda (1.23 and 24) and other Vedic texts: R.E. Emmerick (1986): 186; J. Filliozat (1975): 102–104; Jyotir Mitra (1968a); V.W. Karambelkar (1961): 182–191; K.G. Zysk (1985): 81–82, 217, 221. See on Atharvaveda 1.24: S.W. Jamison (1991): 273–276. See on kilāsa in Pali literature: Jyotir Mitra (1985): 243–244. 217 Compare Su.Ni.5.30 on the causes of kuṣṭha. 218 See on śvitra: R.E. Emmerick (1986): 189–190; N.R. Mehta et al. (1973); D. Ojha (1973). See on the treatment of śvitra (leucoderma, vitiligo): Z. Ansari (1971–73); K.M. Donata et al. (1990); G.D. Mukherjee (1976); B.P. Nanal and S.S. Ranade (1977); D. Ojha (1973); D. Ojha, R.K. Mamgain and P. Mamgain (1993); R.H. Singh and G.N. Chaturvedi (1966b). 219 See Cakra's comments. Cf. Su.Ci.9.15–22. 220 See on the contemporary interpretation of this disease: F. Zimmermann (1995): 11–12, 77–80. 221 Yākṣma means disease in general or a large group of diseases in Vedic literature; see J. Filliozat (1975): 40–43, 80, 83–89; Jyotir Mitra (1968a); V.W. Karambelkar (1961): 195–197; K.G. Zysk (1985; see index). See on the probably related and controversial Vedic disease called jāyānya and jāyenya: J. Filliozat (1975): 88–89; V.W. Karambelkar (1961): 191–204; K.G. Zysk (1985; see index). 222 See on Rohiṇī: S.G. Moghe (1970). 223 This story is called a paurāṇī kathā. Cf. Ca.Ni.6.12; Su.U.41.4–5. A version of the story is found in the Mahābhārata (Śalyaparvan 35; ed. Poona), where the daughters of Prajāpati are twenty-seven in number (see Vettam Mani); the myth is already known in Vedic literature, for example in the Taittirīyasaṃhitā (2.3.5) and other recensions of the Yajurveda (see: J. Filliozat, 1975: 84; A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith, 1967; K.G. Zysk, 1985: 15). See on the myth: D.G. White (1996): 24–25. 224 Cf. Ca.Ni.6.3. 225 The first group of causes, collectively known as sāhasa (rash action), gives rise to uraḥkṣata (8.14–19). Cf. Su.U.41.24–26ab. 226 Cf. Ca.Ni.6.4–11; Su.U.41.8cd–10. See on Ca.Ci.8.24–27: F. Zimmermann (1995): 77–80. 227 Cf. Ca.Ni.6.13; Bhela Ci.4.1–6. 228 Compare Ca.Ci.8.20–23 and Su.U.41.12–13. 229 Cf. Bhela Ci.4.7ab; Su.U.41.11. 230 Cf. Bhela Ci.4.7cd–9ab. Compare Ca.Ci.8.47 and Su.U.41.14–15. 231 Compare M.D. Grmek (1991: 334), who observes that the Hippocratic writers were careful