A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c31.133

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800 Hemarājaśarman 12. Vṛddhatrayī 8–9. 801 See Dowson; G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 154–156); Hopkins; J.E. Mitchiner (1982); G. Mukhopadhyaya (HIM II, 334–338); F.E. Pargiter (1922); R. Śarmā 31–38 and 47–52; M. and J. Stutley (1977); Sūramcandra I, 236–242; Vettam Mani 538–539. See also J.M. Sanyal's translation of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa and that of the Viṣṇupurāṇa by H.H. Wilson. 802 This furnishes an explanation of his surname Videha. 803 See Wilson's translation of the Viṣṇupurāṇa, p.311. 804 Nimi-Jātaka (Nr. 541); E.B. Cowell (1957): III, 53–68. Nimi is also mentioned in the Majjhimanikāya (R.C. Choudhury, 1992: 340) and other Buddhist texts (Milindapañha 4.8.25; see T.W. Rhys Davids, 1894: 146). 805 See A.A.M. Esser (1941 or 1942). 806 See: Karāla. 807 Videha is Tirhut in the eastern part of Bihar (Hoernle, 1978: 8). 808 CC I, 573. The only commentator who appears to regard Nimi and Videha as two different authorities is Candraṭa (ad Cikitsākalikā 2), unless Videha should be interpreted as designating Janaka, or Videha-Nimi as the name of one person. 809 See: Janaka. 810 HIM II, 335–336. 811 Ad Cikitsākalikā 346–347. 812 See HIM II, 338. 813 The Suśrutasaṃhitā (U.1.5) mentions the king of Videha as the author of a śālākyatantra. The treatment of eye diseases and in particular the couching of cataract (paṭalavedha) constitute the most important part of śālākya (see Cakrapāṇidatta ad Ca.Sū.30.28). 814 Bhagwan Dash and Lalitesh Kashyap (1980a): Intr. 5. Gaṇanātha Sena (1924): I, 28–30. Gulabkunverba I, 146. Jaggi IV, 21. S.K. Mishra (1992): 313. H. Parāḍkar 17. P.V. Sharma (AVI 155). 815 Gaṇanātha Sena regards Nimi and Videha as two separate authorities on śālākya; the latter is in his opinion identical with Janaka. Compare on Janaka, Nimi and Videha: R.C. Choudhury (1992): 340–342. 816 The Kairalī commentary on the Uttarasthāna of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā quotes from Vaideha's Catuḥṣaṣṭi (ad U.16.63cd–64); this work is quoted, without author's name, by Indu (ad A.s.U.15.2), in the Kairalī (ad A.h.U.12.1) and in Anantakumāra's Yogaratnasamuccaya. A medical Nimitantra is mentioned in the Kavīndrācāryasūcipatram (Nr. 914). 817 It is sometimes quoted as Vaidehīya (by Anantakumāra) or as Videhasaṃhitā (Toḍara II: 4.53cd-55). 818 One quotation is in prose (see Daḷhaṇa ad Su.U.19.3–4ab). 819 Nimi is called bhagavant (A.s.Sū.16.15–16) and muni (A.h.U.13.100; A.s.Sū.16.94); Aruṇa (ad A.h.U.30.30cd–31ab) gives him the epithet prājñāśaya. Videha is referred to as an ādya bhiṣaj (Daḷhaṇa ad Su.U.20.13). The Kairalī commentary on the Uttarasthāna of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (ad 13.14cd–16ab and 30.30) calls bhagavant Nimi a maharṣi, endowed with the series of six excellent qualities that begins with aiśvarya. 820 See also the reference to the Nimitantra in S.C. Banerji (1992): 212. 821 Ad Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā I.7.153–171ab. 822 Ad A.h.Sū.1.3–4ab (mentioned as an authority of the same status as Ātreya, Dhanvantari and Kāśyapa). 823 Bower MS II.883–884.