A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.185

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333 See Cakra and Dalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.34.1–4 on the interpretation of yuktasena. See on this chapter: R.F.G. Müller (1957). 334 See on royal physicians and army surgeons: P. Hymavathi (1993): 162–164; Jyotir Mitra and S.P. Gupta (1967). Physicians accompanying the army on march are mentioned in the Arthaśāstra (10.3.47). 335 The king who wants to gain victories over his enemies is called vijigīṣu, a term often employed in the Arthaśāstra (defined at 6.2.13). 336 Compare Arthaśāstra 1.21. 337 See on methods of using poison against the enemy: Arthaśāstra 12.4. Likely to be poisoned are roads, water, shadows of trees, articles of food, fodder (yavasa) and fuel (indhana). See the commentaries on poisonous shadows; Dalhaṇa refers to the shadow of a bhallātaka tree as immediately causing swellings (śopha). 338 See Cakra’s comments. Cf. A.s.Sū.9.86. The one hundred and one deaths are mentioned at Atharvaveda 1.30.3; 2.28.1; 3.11.7; 8.2.27; 11.6.16. Compare a verse from the Kauśīkasūtra, quoted in the Hindī commentary of ed. g of the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha (ad Sū.9.113cd–114ab in that edition). See on the number of one hundred and one: J. Filliozat (1954a): 540. 339 See the interpretations of Cakra and Dalhaṇa. 340 Dalhaṇa: skandhāvāra = kaṭaka. See on the skandhāvāra: V.R.R. Dikshitar (1987): 243–245. 341 Cf. Ca.Sū.9. 342 A (soma-)sacrifice. 343 See the commentaries on the interpretation of paścānmastiṣka (Dalhaṇa’s reading) or pārvamastiṣka (Cakra’s reading). 344 See the commentaries on the meaning of kṣetra. 345 A maximum of seventy years. 346 A maximum of twenty-five years. 347 This is the length with the arms uplifted according to Dalhaṇa; Cakra refers to Dalhaṇa’s interpretation as a view held by some. Caraka (Vi.8.117) says that the human body is eighty-four aṅgula in height and breadth (with arms outstretched according to Cakra). 348 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.117. Suśruta’s measurements agree only partially with those of Caraka and are characterized by the attention paid to distances between various parts of the body. Cakra’s readings repeatedly differ from those accepted by Dalhaṇa. See on Suśruta’s somatometry: A.A. Ayer (1957). 349 The Carakasaṃhitā (Vi.8.102–114) describes the same series in the reverse order. Compare the series of Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Sū.28) and Śivatattvaratnākara (VII.10.159–163). 350 Compare on upadrava and its treatment: Ca.Ci.21.40. 351 Cf. Ca.Vi.6.12. The term atyagni is employed at Ca.Sū.27.80. 352 See on the absence of middle age: S. Kakar (1994a). 353 Cf. Ca.Vi.8.122. 354 Cf. Ca.Sū.6.49–50; Vi.1.20 and 8.118. 355 Cf. Ca.Ka.1.8. 356 Cakra reads this chapter after Sū.37 (miśrakādhyāya), not preceding it, as Dalhaṇa does. 357 Compare on the classification of types of soil: Amarakoṣa 2.1 (bhūmivarga); Bṛhatsaṃhitā 52.94–95. See on this subject: M.S. Randhawa (1980): 416; S.P. Raychaudhuri (1971): 354–360; S. Saran and R.N. Singh (1994): 16–17.