A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.482

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130 Other sages taking part in the discussion are Baḍiśa (11.7), Bhadraśaunaka (11.9) and Vāmaka (11.5). 131 See Ca.Ka.2. 132 The same as ikṣvāku (Ca.Ka.3.3cd–4ab). 133 See Ca.Ka.4. 134 The same as vatsaka (Ca.Ka.5.4). 135 See Ca.Ka.6. 136 The same as jīmūtaka (Ca.Ka.2.3). 137 The same as dhāmārgava (Ca.Ka.4.3). 138 See Ca.Ka.1. 139 Uttarabasti means the best kind of basti (enema) here (Cakra). 140 Sustaining the life processes (Cakra). See Ca.Si.12.20–22 on the term yāpana as applied to basti and sneha. All the yāpana enemas may be employed as aphrodisiacs (Ca.Si.12.28). 141 Cf. Su.Ci.38.106–111. 142 See Ca.Sū.27. 143 See Ca.Sū.27. 144 Three different substitutes for the twelfth enema are meant according to Cakra, in spite of the fact that four birds are mentioned. 145 Cf. Bhela Si.8.25cd–67 and 72cd–86ab. 146 The birds belonging to this group are enumerated at Ca.Sū.27.47–49. The viṣkira group consists of gallinaceous birds (Gulabkunverba; P.V. Sharma). 147 Peckers (Gulabkunverba; P.V. Sharma). The birds belonging to this group are enumerated at Ca.Sū.27.53–53ab. 148 Tearers (Gulabkunverba): snatchers (P.V. Sharma). The carnivorous mammals and birds of prey belonging to his group are enumerated at Ca.Sū.27.35–37ab. 149 The birds belonging to this group are enumerated at Ca.Sū.27.41b–44 (vāricariṇaḥ). The rājahaṃsa is mentioned at 12.18(1); this bird is absent from the list in Ca.Sū.27; Cakra remarks in his comments on this list that the haṃsa is of four kinds. i.e., the rājahaṃsa, etc.; he probably has in mind the haṃsa, kalahaṃsa, rājahaṃsa, and pākaḥamsa. K.N. Dave (1985: 427) is of the opinion that rājahaṃsa denotes the whooper and the mute swan. See on Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus), the whooper, and C. olor (Gmelin), the mute swan: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 136–137. 150 See Ca.Sū.27.40–41a. 151 See Ca.Sū.27.39 and 45–46. 152 Ānūpa animals are those living in marshy regions. A variant, adopted by P.V. Sharma, reads nine instead of ten. 153 These animals, who burrow in the earth, are enumerated at Ca.Sū.27.37cd–38. 154 Snehabasti is a synonym of anuvāsana. The preceding groups of enemas are apparently of the nirūha type. 155 The total number is actually two hundred and seventeen, unless the variant mentioning nine enemas with products of ānūpa animals be accepted as the correct reading. 156 See Cakra's explanations of the tantrayuktis, illustrated by examples. See also G. Oberhammer, E. Prets and J. Prandstetter (1996): 110–112; P.V. Sharma (1994): 275–283; E.A. Solomon (1976). Compare the works devoted to the tantrayuktis: Tantrayukti and Tantrayukticāra. 157 Subject-matter (Gulabkunverba); scope (P.V. Sharma); topic of discourse (E.A. Solomon).