A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.165

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198 Ambikādatta: cross or spica bandage. Bhishagratna: cross bandage. Singhal c.s.: spica bandage. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 177. Cakra quotes Bhoja; Ḍalhaṇa’s remark is not clear. 199 Ambikādatta: spiral bandage. Bhishagratna: twist. Singhal c.s.: spiral bandage. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 177. Cakra quotes Bhoja; Ḍalhaṇa’s description is not clear. 200 Ambikādatta: recurrent bandage. Bhishagratna: pratolī means a winding street or road. Singhal c.s.: winding bandage. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 177. Cakra quotes Vaitaraṇa on the pratolī or puṭikā; Ḍalhaṇa quotes from a different source, which mentions goṭuṇḍikā and cālanī as synonyms of mutolī. Pratolī means the gate of a city or fort (see M. Mayrhofer, 1963: 361 and 1976: 763, with references). 201 Ambikādatta and Singhal c.s.: circular bandage. Bhishagratna: ring. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 177–178. See Ḍalhaṇa’s remark; Cakra is silent. 202 Ambikādatta and Singhal c.s.: stump bandage. Bhishagratna: sthagikā means betel box. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. Cakra quotes Vaitaraṇa and adds a remark about the difference between kośa and sthagikā; Ḍalhaṇa’s quotation is from another source. 203 Ambikādatta: figure of eight. Bhishagratna: double or twin bandage. Singhal c.s.: single bandage for two wounds. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa quote from an unnamed source. 204 Ambikādatta: many-tailed bandage. Bhishagratna: khaṭvā means a bedstead.

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Singhal c.s.: four-tailed bandage. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa quote from an unnamed source. 205 Ambikādatta and Singhal c.s.: an eye bandage. Bhishagratna: streamer. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. Cakra’s and Ḍalhaṇa’s quotations are similar and from an unnamed source. 206 Ambikādatta: spiral and spica bandage. Bhishagratna: a noose. Singhal c.s.: many-tailed bandage. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. The quotations by Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa are not identical and from unknown sources. 207 Ambikādatta and Singhal c.s.: cephaline bandage. Bhishagratna: canopy. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. The quotations by Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa are not identical and from unknown sources. 208 Ambikādatta: sling bandage. Bhishagratna: cow’s horn. Singhal c.s.: T bandage. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 178. The quotations by Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa are not identical and from unknown sources. See on the sling (gophaṇā) in India: P.K. Gode (1955d). 209 Ambikādatta: bridle bandage. five-limbed bandage. Singhal c.s.: a bandage with five extremities for head and neck. Compare G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 179. The quotations by Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa are not identical and from unknown sources. Compare on the pañcāṅgī: Su.Sū.27.14. 210 Compare on the bandages: L.M. Singh et al. (1970): 45. 211 Rules concerning the making of a knot (yantraṇa), the kavalikā (Bhishagratna: medicated tow; Singhal c.s.: pad), and the vikeśikā (Bhishagratna: lint; Singhal c.s.: pack).

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See on kavalikā: R.F.G. Müller (1949): 239. Compare on kavalikā: Ca.Ci.25.69; Su.Ci.3.30; A.S. U.12.19. Compare on vikeśikā: Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu 8.21 ab. 212 Cakra regards Sū.18.36–45 as not belonging to the original text and does not comment on these verses. Ḍalhaṇa says that Gayadāsa declared them to be anārṣa; Ḍalhaṇa follows Brahmadeva’s example in giving short explanations of these interpolated verses. Cakra is judicious in noticing that summarizing verses (saṃgrahaśloka) are not a feature of the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 213 The head end of the bedstead should be protected with a sharp instrument (śastra). Śastra may mean a weapon in this context, because swords are thought to ward off malevolent beings (see J.J. Meyer, 1937: I, 150–151). 214 Paśupati is also mentioned in the mythic story about the origin of fever at A.s.Ni.1.4. See about him: E. Hofstetter (1980). 215 The insalutary character is due to the effects of the combination (saṃyoga). Cf. Ca.Sū. 26.84. Dalhaṇa remarks that the list of Sū.20.13, although present in many manuscripts, is inauthentic, being not explained in earlier commentaries (nibandha). Cakra does not read Sū.20.9–16; he has a different list (appended to Sū.20.8), which shows many resemblances. 216 Compare Ca.Sū.26.84 and Cakra’s list; both include these items, called karmaviruddha in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare Ca.Sū.26.92cd–93ab (saṃskāraviruddha). 217 These items, called mānaviruddha, are included in the list of Ca.Sū.26.84.

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Compare Ca.Sū.26.90cd (mātrāviruddha). 218 Cf. Ca.Sū.26.94ab (vīryaviruddha). The Carakasaṃhitā describes many other types of incompatibility (Sū.26.86–101). 219 See on a disagreeing opinion: Kusumāvalī ad Siddhayoga 22.14. Cakra interprets pakvā-māśayamadhya as the lower part of the āmāśaya. The organ called grahaṇī is usually thought to be located between āmāśaya and pakvāśaya. 220 The upper part of the āmāśaya according to Cakra. 221 The seats of the five kinds of vāta will be described in Ni.1. The seats of the five kinds of pitta and kapha mentioned in Sū.21.7 recur in the passages describing them. 222 See on the relationship between pitta and agni: Ca.Sū.12.11; Śā.7.16; Sū.42.5; A.h.Sū. 12.10–11ab; Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 55.32. See also: Bhagwan Dash (1971): 23–28; C. Dwarkanath (1959): 129–131, and (1967): 19–21. 223 Not described in the Carakasaṃhitā. See on the kinds of pitta: C. Dwarkanath (1959). The same five kinds of pitta are described in non-medical texts; an example is the Skandapurāṇa (1.2.50.24–28; see G.V. Tagare, 1993: 464), which refers to pāvaka (the fire) instead of pitta. 224 Cf. Ca.Sū.1.60. 225 Not described in the Carakasaṃhitā. See on the kinds of kapha: C. Dwarkanath (1959). The same five kinds of kapha are also found in non-medical texts; an example is the Skandapurāṇa (1.2.50.28–30; see G.V. Tagare, 1993: 464), which refers to soma instead of kapha. 226 Cf. Ca.Sū.1.61. 227 Cf. Su.Sū.14.22.

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228 See on the concept of kriyākāla, which is absent from the Carakasaṃhitā: G.N. Chaturvedi (1971): 79–87; C. Dwarkanath (1959): 83–90. See on the six stages: P.J. Deshpande and Kulwant Singh (1977); C. Dwarkanath (1959): 90–128. 229 The causes are omitted, being already described (Su.Sū.6). 230 Compare the concept of kinesis, applied to bile and phlegm, in Greek medicine (see R. Wittern, 1974: LXXXV). 231 Their number is four (three doṣas and blood). 232 See Su.Sū.21.36, where this term is employed. Compare the commentaries.