A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.165.1

v2.c33.165.1

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.