A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.496

v2.c33.496

1 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.5.31 (H.H. Wilson’s translation 312). 2 Suśruta, son of Padmodbhava, figures in the pūrvapīṭhikā (text: p.4; transl.: p.3) of Daṇḍin’s work; Viśruta, son of Suśruta and one of the ten protagonists (kumāra) of the Daśakumāracarita, is mentioned in ucchvāsa 1 (text: p.64; transl.: p.45) and the uttarapīṭhikā (text: p.213; transl.: p.154). Compare MW; PW; R.F.G. Müller (1932): 797. 3 Mahābhārata, Anuśāsanaparvan 4.55 (ed. Poona). 4 A variant found in the secondary literature is sauśrutapārthivāḥ. 5 See gaṇa 46 (kārtakaujapādayaḥ). See on the Gaṇapāṭha: R. Birwé (1961); G. Cardona (1976); Y. Ojihara (1968); H. Scharfe (1977). Those lists of the Gaṇapāṭha which are open, i.e., the ākṛtigaṇas, require some caution, because interpolations, in particular towards the end, as in this case, are likely. 6 See Hemarājaśarman’s upodghāta to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (34); Yādavaśarman’s upodghāta to ed. cc of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (11–12). 7 See Hemarājaśarman’s upodghāta to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (34); Yādavaśarman’s upodghāta to ed. cc of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (11–12). 8 Kāśikā 6.2.37: sauśrutapārthavāḥ suśrutasya pṛthoś ca chātrāḥ. 9 See the quotation in the upodghāta of Hemarājaśarman to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (34). 10 The reading sauśrutapārthivāḥ is by some regarded as designating kings studying Suśruta’s treatise (see, for example: R. Śāstrī, 1977: 352; V. Śukla, 1977: I, 73). 11 See, for example: HIM III, 577 (suśrutena proktaṃ sauśrutam); P. Rāy, H. Gupta and M. Roy (1980): 3. 12 Mahābhāṣya 2.3.70; compare Hemarājaśarman (upodghāta 38) and Yādavaśarman (upodghāta 17). 13 See the upodghātas of Hemarājaśarman (38) and Yādavaśarman (17). 14 The Upāyahṛdaya is most probably not a genuine work of Nāgārjuna according to a number of scholars (see, for example: C. Lindtner, 1982: 16–17; H. Nakamura, 1996: 243; G. Tucci, 1976: XI); this view, expressed for the first time in an article in Japanese by H. Ui, is rejected by Y. Kajiyama (1991), who defends that Nāgārjuna may well be the author. The Chinese version of the Upāyahṛdaya was retranslated into Sanskrit by G. Tucci (1976). The reference to Suśruta is found at page 14, lines 8–10; see on this reference: Hemarājaśarman’s upodghāta (33) and Yādavaśarman’s upodghāta (10–11). 15 See A. Hohenberger (1967): 64–65. 16 See: veterinary texts. 17 See: Bhelasaṃhitā. 18 See: Agnipurāṇa; Garuḍapurāṇa. 19 See AVI 67; P.V. Sharma’s Intr. (V) to the 4th ed. of ed. cc of the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare the text of Naiṣadhacarita 4.116 and its interpretation by Mallinātha; it may be that suśruta qualifies carakasyokta and is not a personal name. 20 See Kane I.2, 732, n.1054. 21 See P. Rāy, H. Gupta and M. Roy (1980): 2–3.