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21 These nine gems, enumerated in the rather late Jyotirvidbharaṇa (see A.M. Shastri, 1996: I, 3–4), are Amarasimha, Dhanvantari, Ghaṭakarpara, Kālidāsa, Kṣapaṇaka, Śaṅku, Varāhamihira, Vararuci, and Vetālabhaṭṭa. See: J. Bentley (1979): 242–243; S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947): 729–731; Gaṇanātha Sena’s upodghāta (3) to ed. dd of the Suśrutasaṃhitā; L.H. Gray (1922): 325–326; A.B. Keith (1973): 76; A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 3–4; H.H. Wilson (1984): III, 167–171; Winternitz III, 42–43; NCC IX, 228. See, in particular, *B. Bhattacharya (1948) and P.K. Gode (1948b). 22 Gaṇanātha Sena’s upodghāta (4) to ed. dd of the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 23 R. Śarmā and S. Śarmā (1991): 8. 24 *Edited by R. Tyāgarājan, Madras 1974. 25 *Edited by S. Venkatarajan, Tanjore 1966. 26 See D. Suresh Kumar (1990): 99. 27 Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa 3.73.41 (see P. Shah, 1990: 215). See P.K. Gode (1948b): 139. Compare D.V. Davane (1976): 96–97. See also Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8.8. 28 See P.K. Gode (1948b): 139. E. Balfour (1967: I, 932–933) describes two shrines, found in Rājasthān, one of which contains a statue of Takṣaka, while the other has one of Dhanvantari (compare L.H. Gray, 1922: 327–328). See also H. Krishna Sastri (1916): 254, 259. A statue of Dhanvantari is reproduced in O.P. Jaggi (1973). 29 See L.H. Gray (1922): 326–327. 30 See, for example, C. Dwarakanath (1976); Gaṇanātha Sena’s upodghāta to ed. dd of the Suśrutasaṃhitā; HIM II, 316–317; G.P. Srivastava (1954): 35–38; V. Śukla and R. Tripāṭhī (1982): 33–37;