A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.862

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1 P. Cordier (1903a): 537. 2 P. Cordier (1903a): 523. 3 P. Cordier (1903a): 528. 4 These translations are mentioned by R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash (Preface, XLIII, to vol. I of ed. jj of the Carakasaṃhitā). 5 Not mentioned among the works by Saṅs-rgyas rgya-mćho by M. Taube (1981). 6 This famous seventeenth-century author wrote commentaries on the Rgyud-bźi and a number of other medical works (see M. Taube, 1981: 73–77; Rechung, 1973: 21–22). 7 Rechung (1973: 11) and Bhagwan Dash (1976: 52) render this title as Caraka Aṣṭavarga; Bhagwan Dash suggests that it may refer to the eight sections of the Carakasaṃhitā. M. Taube (1981: 30) remarks that the Carakasaṃhitā is referred to as Ca-ra-ka sde-brgyad, for example in Jayapaṇḍita's Thob-yig. See on Jayapaṇḍita and his Thob-yig: M. Taube (1968/69), (1981). The Śes-bya kun-khyab, a work of Ḥjam-mgon koṅ-sprul blo-gros mthaḥ-yas, mentions Ca-ra-ka as a work written by Dpal-ldan dgos-pa. a king of Vārāṇasī, and Mtho-bćan ca-ra-ka (Haricandra) (see P. Tsering, 1980: 109–110). 8 This name means: born under (the nakṣatra) Punarvasu. 9 Dhanvantari. The Tibetan name is Than-la-bor or Thaṅ-la-bar in the Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary of Lokesh Chandra. 10 Not mentioned in the Tibetan dictionaries I consulted. The Sanskrit equivalent may be Dvipadacara. Rkaṅ-gñis-spyod is the spelling of the name found in a collection of eighteen works called Cha-lag bco-brgyad, usually ascribed to G-yu-thog-pa yon-tan mgon-po (M. Taube, 1981: 9, 30); Jayapaṇḍita's Thob-yig has the variant Rkaṅ-gñis-sbyod (M. Taube, 1981: 85). Rechung (1973: 12) calls him Dkah-gñis-spyod, rendered by him as ‘Double accomplishment in suffering’; the same form of the name is found in the Śes-bya kun-khyab (see P. Tsering, 1980: 109). 11 I.e., Kāśyapa (see the Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary of Lokesh Chandra). Called thus in the Cha-lag bco-brgyad (M. Taube, 1981: 30); Jayapaṇḍita's Thob-yig has the variant Ḥgro-skyob-gyi bu (M. Taube, 1981: 85). Rechung (1973: 12) calls him Ḥgro-skyoṅ-gi bu, rendered as ‘Son of the protector of beings’. 12 I.e., Agniveśa. 13 Mentioned in the Cha-lag bco-brgyad and Jayapaṇḍita's Thob-yig (M. Taube, 1981: 30). Not recorded in the Tibetan dictionaries I consulted. The Sanskrit equivalent may be Meṣanāsa. Bhagwan Dash (1976: 51) and the Śes-bya kun-khyab (see P. Tsering, 1980: 109) have Lug-nag (i.e., Kṛṣṇameṣa). 14 I.e., Nimindhara. Also mentioned in the Śes-bya kun-khyab (see P. Tsering, 1980: 109). 15 This is the name as found in Jayapaṇḍita's Thob-yig (M. Taube, 1981: 30 and 85) and in the Śes-bya kun-khyab (see P. Tsering, 1980: 109). Rechung (1973: 12) has Gśol-ḥgro-skyes, rendered as ‘Born walking behind the plough’. Bhagwan Dash (1976: 51) gives Haladhara as the Sanskrit equivalent. The Tibetan names are not recorded in the dictionaries. 16 Rechung (1973): 12.