A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.865

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1 Compare Ātreya. 2 See H. Oldenberg (1888): 212–215. See on Rgveda 10.137, a charm for healing, which contains a verse attributed to Atri: K.G. Zysk (1985): 124–125. 3 See on this pit, called rbīsa: S.W. Jamison (1991): 229. 4 See on Atri in Vedic literature, for example: Th. Baunack (1896); C.J. Blair (1961); S.W. Jamison (1991); A.B. Keith (1976): 91–92, 116, 227; A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967): I, 17; V.G. Rahurkar (1964): 61–88; N.J. Shende (n.d.): 143; G. Zeller (1990): 70–75. 5 See, for example: N.G. Chapekar (1962); A. Daniélou (1964): 323; Dowson; G.S. Ghurye (1972); Hopkins; H. Krishna Sastri (1916): 254; J.E. Mitchiner (1982); F.E. Pargiter (1922); Th. Sarmah (1991); S. Sörensen (1963): 99–100; M. and J. Stutley (1977); Vettam Mani. 6 See J. E. Mitchiner (1982). 7 Manusmṛti 1.34. Atri is one of the mind-born sons of Brahmā in the Viṣṇupurāṇa (I.7.4–7); compare H.H. Wilson’s translation of the Viṣṇupurāṇa (42–44). 8 Compare NCC I, 102–103. 9 NCC I, 102–103. Kane I.1, 261–264. 10 NCC I, 102. CESS A 1, 39–40; A 5, 4. A.M. Shastri (1969): 168, 436–437, 479, (1996): II, 438–439. 11 Sūramcandra (1978): I, 93. A.M. Shastri (1991): 93 and 146. 12 Bṛhannighaṇṭuratnākara I, 31: Atri is one of the eighteen authors of a medical saṃhitā; an Ātreyasaṃhitā is mentioned too. 13 Ca.Ci.14.3–6: Atri is one of the sages who receive the āyurveda from Indra. 14 Hāritasamhitā III.9.47–62: the formula of cyavanaprāśavaleha is attributed to Atri = Kṛṣṇatreya; 10.52–54: the formula of mṛdvīkādighṛta is ascribed to Atri; pariśiṣṭādhyāya 4: the āyurveda was proclaimed first by Brahmā, later by Atri; pariśiṣṭādhyāya 8: Atri is the foremost physician of the Kṛtayuga. 15 Kāśyapasamhitā śisyopakramaṇīyādhyāya (p.61): Indra transmitted the āyurveda to four sages: Kaśyapa, Vasiṣṭha, Atri, and Bhṛgu. 16 Atri is a member of the assembly of sages at the court of Romapāda. 17 Ad Rasaratnasamuccaya 1.56 (the male life cycle: definitions of bāla, yuvan, madhyama, vṛddha); this quotation may be from a dharmaśāstra work ascribed to Atri. 18 Ad Ca.Sū.1.2: Ātreya is Atri’s son. 19 Ṭodara II: 1.37–38 (refers to Hāritasamhitā I.2.16) and 3.44 (a definition of saṃśamana). 20 A.s.U.50.209. 21 Rasaratnadīpikā 176–177: the formula of mahāmadanamodaka. 22 Atri is an āyurvedapravartaka in the introductory verses of the Rasendrasambhava. 23 Yogaratnākara 556: the formula of pāṣāṇabhedapāka, devised by Atri and communicated to Cyavana. 24 A dharmaśāstra work called Laghvatri is also known (see Kane I.1, 263).