A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.472

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1 The contents of the Kalpasthāna and the number of preparations described are referred to at Ca.Sū.4.4. 2 Cf. Bhela Ka.1; Su.Sū.43.3. 3 See the comments of Jejjata and Cakra. See also P.V. Sharma (1994): 229. 4 See Cakra's comments. Cf. Su.Sū.36.7–9 and 41.6. See also P.V. Sharma (1994): 230. 5 See M.R. Dove (1992); Hobson-Jobson (s.v. jungle); J. Laping (1982): 68–69; F. Zimmermann (1982). See on land classification in ancient India: A.K. Bhattacharya (1963); S.P. Raychaudhuri (1966). See on the examination of soil for building purposes: R.P. Kulkarni (1974); A.M. Shastri (1969): 384–385, (1996): 388–389. Compare the bhūmiparīkṣā chapter (8) of Bhoja's Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra. 6 Cf. Su.Sū.35.42–45. Not read by some authorities according to Cakra. 7 Cf. Su.Sū.35.42–45 and 36.14. 8 Medicinal plants should be collected while dressed in white clothes, after fasting and worshipping the deities, the Aśvins, cows and brāhmaṇas. See on the collection, storage, and selling of medicinal plants: P. Hymavathi (1993): 184–185. See on the supposed influence of nakṣatras and the lunar phases on medicinal plants: P. Hymavathi (1993): 183; C.R. Karnick (1978); C.R. Karnick and P.D. Jopat (1976). See on the influence of mantras on plants: C.R. Karnick (1983). Plants are often thought to be endowed with the senses of vision and hearing; see Cakrapāṇi's remarks (ad Ca.Sū.1.48) on vision in the plant called sūryabhaktā and hearing in the one called lavalī. See on this subject: A. Misra (1974); A. Roṣu (1978): 20–21 (and the additional note with references, 22). Plants are not classified as living organisms (śarīra) in Praśastapāda's commentary on the Vaiśeṣikasūtras (see W. Halbfass, 1991: 317–318). Compare on rituals concerning the collection of medicinal plants in other cultures: A. Delatte (1938); M. Eliade *(1940–42): 3–48, (1970): 198–217; R. Fuchs (1902): 189–190; L. Thorndike (1923): 78–79; Greek magical practices are mentioned by Theophrastus (Peri phutōn historiās, i.e., Enquiry into plants, IX.8–5). 9 Cf. Su.Sū.36.3 and 5. 10 See on the preservation of āyurvedic drugs and preparations: R. Bhima Rao et al. (1982); Muzaffer Alam et al. (1984); M.M.H. Siddiqui, S.H. Afaq and M. Asif (1984); S. Venkataraman, T.R. Ramanujam and V.S. Venkatasubbu (1984). 11 Cf. Su.Sū.36.17. 12 Cf. Su.Sū.43.3; Bhela Ka.1. See on the uses of madana: P.V. Sharma (1996): 283. 13 Gulabkunverba: bolus. 14 A phāṇita is a plant extract heated until it becomes ropy (tantulībhāva) and acquires the consistency of inspissated juice of the sugarcane (phāṇitibhūta) (Ca.Ci.30.20). See G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 507; P.V. Sharma and A.V. Sharma (1992): 403. 15 See on varti: P.V. Sharma and A.V. Sharma (1992): 402. 16 See on leha: P.V. Sharma and A.V. Sharma (1992): 403. 17 See on utkārikā: Cakra ad Ca.Sū.14.42; Ḍalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.44.82, Ci.10.5 and 32.12; Indu ad As.Ka.1.13.