A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c31.40

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515 See Kāśyapasamhitā or Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra, as well as the toxicological Kāśyapasamhitā, on other works called Kāśyapasamhitā. 516 See Kāśyapasamhitā. 517 RV 10.163; AV 2.33 and 20.96, 17–22; see K.G. Zysk (1985): 12, 16, 104, 108–109. One of the verses of RV 10.137, a hymn claimed to cure all diseases, is ascribed to Kāśyapa by Sāyaṇa. AV 1.14 refers to Kāśyapa as one of a series of sorcerers. See also AV 4.20.7 (together with Kauśikasūtra 28.7); Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.5.1.5; *Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1.8.8. 518 Compare Kāśyapa. 519 C. Minkowski (1991): 394. 520 Kane (I.1, 274–276) regards it as probable that Kāśyapa and Kāśyapa are identical in the literature on dharmaśāstra. 521 CESS A 2, 30; A 4, 49; A 5, 31. Kāśyapa is referred to by Varāhamihira and quoted in Bhaṭṭotpala's commentary on the Bṛhatsamhitā (A.M. Shastri, 1996: II, 443). See on persons called Kāśyapa: NCC III, 291–292; V.N. Deshpande (1963). 522 NCC: not recorded. Check-list Nr. 98. The Kavīndrācāryasūcipatram mentions a medical Kāśyapasamhitā (Nr. 936). 523 Ad Su.Sū.11.15 (on the preparation of caustics). 524 Hemarājaśarman 118. 525 It is not always certain whether Kāśyapa or Kāśyapa is the correct reading. A.F.R. Hoernle regarded Kāśyapa and Kāśyapa as identical (Bower MS II, 2.1019–1021, note 381). 526 Dattārāma's Bṛhadrasarājasundara (409) ascribes the formula of mahākanakasundararasa to Kāśyapa. The Rasayogasāgara quotes two recipes: kakārādi 315 (kusumākararasa; quoted from Kṛṣṇaśāstrī Bhaṭavadekar's Rasāyanasamgraha) and pakārādi 196 (punar-navādileha; quoted from the Vaidyacintāmaṇi); the Siddhaprayogalatikā contains three recipes (33.59–61: śatapuṣā- and śatavārikalpa; 33.76–80: samvardhanaghṛta); the Vaidyacintāmaṇi attributes three recipes to Kāśyapa: mahākanakasundararasa (86), punarnavādileha (127) and śuṇṭhīghṛta (164). 527 A.h.U.2.41–43 ab = A.S.U.2.59–60 (the same formula, attributed to Vṛddhakāśyapa, is found in Soḍhala's Gadanigraha, bālarogādhikāra 36–38ab). Another prescription (A.h.U.3.47cd-48 = A.S.U.4.8) is attributed to Kāśyapa or Kāśyapa by Aruṇadatta. 528 See also Kāśyapa. See on persons called Kāśyapa: NCC IV, 143–149. 529 Some editions of the Carakasamhitā ascribe to Kāśyapa a statement (Ca.Sū.12.12) that is usually attributed to Kāpya. See Sūramcandra I.131. 530 See J. Gonda (1975); Hopkins; C. Minkowski (1991); F.E. Pargiter (1922); P.V. Tewari (Intr., IX–XIII, to ed. d of the Kāśyapasamhitā); P.V. Tewari (1997): 21–41; Vettam Mani 398. 531 Ādiparvan 18.38–39 (crit. ed.), 20.42–43 (ed. Poona). 532 Seven stages of poisoning are also distinguished in human medicine by some of the authorities on this subject (see A.S.U.40). 533 The Kāśyapyakṛṣisūkti (NCC: not recorded; compare NCC IV, 145: Kṛṣiśāstra by Kāśyapa), a work on agriculture, has been edited and translated into English by Gyula Wojtilla (1979, 1985). See on this treatise also S.P. Raychaudhuri (1966). Kāśyapa is mentioned as an authority on horticulture in Bhaṭṭotpala's commentary on the Bṛhatsamhitā (54.6). 534 See CESS A 2, 30; H. Kern (1865): 104; A.M. Shastri (1969), (1991), (1996): II, 443; Sūramcandra I, 132–133. To Kāśyapa (or Kāśyapa) is ascribed a śilpaśāstra, called the Kāśyapīya, also known as Aṃśumadbheda, or rather forming part of that work (editions: 1926 and 1960–68; see: J.N. Banerjea, 1956: 17; H. Krishna Sastri, 1916, see index; NCC I, 1–2).