A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.759
A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.759
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96 See: Bhoja (authorities mentioned in commentaries). 97 See: Brahmadeva. 98 Daḷhaṇa quotes a verse on warfare. 99 See: Kārttika(kuṇḍa). 100 Daḷhaṇa refers to Nāgārjuna as the redactor of the *Suśrutasaṃhitā*, quotes from the *Rasavaiśeṣikasūtra*, and quotes a verse on toxicology. 101 See: Nimi. 102 See: Gayadāsa. 103 Treatises dealing with other sciences than medicine and with other branches of medicine than surgery are called paratantra or anyaśāstra. 104 A samānatantra deals with surgery. 105 A treatise on toxicology. 106 Śrīpati’s *Jyotiṣaratnamālā* according to D.Ch. Bhattacharyya (1947b: 132). 107 This may be a commentary on the *Suśrutasaṃhitā*. 108 See: Nimi. 109 D.Ch. Bhattacharyya (1947b: 132) and G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 201–202) mention also Halāyudha and Medinī among Daḷhaṇa’s sources 110 Compare, e.g., Daḷhaṇa ad Su.U.50.6 with the *Madhukośa* ad *Mādhavanidāna* 12.3. 111 All the diseases mentioned in the *Suśrutasaṃhitā* are listed in about forty verses (ad U.66. 7cd–9a); their total number is said to be 1,120. The sixty-three types of imbalance of the doṣas are enumerated, as well as their signs, in about forty verses again (ad U.66.10–12ab); finally, eight verses are quoted from the *Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha*. 112 See, e.g., Daḷhaṇa ad Ka.8.24cd–25ab; U.39.201cd. 113 See, e.g., Daḷhaṇa ad Ni.2.24cd; U.15.30; 40.25. 114 See the table with examples in P.V Sharma (1982): 41. 115 Ad Ci.4.29. 116 Examples abound; see, e.g., Daḷhaṇa ad Ci.3.3; 5.40; 9.69. 117 Ad U.3.3–4. 118 See, e.g., Daḷhaṇa ad U.51.3 and 58.49cd–50. 119 Daḷhaṇa prefers *Vṛddhavāgbhaṭa* to Jejjaṭa and Gayadāsa ad Ka.5.32d–33. 120 See, e.g., Daḷhaṇa ad Ni.1.83; Ci.31.7; U.52.39; 55.32ab; 58.13–14 and 44–45. 121 He calls him guru, ācārya or upādhyāya; see Daḷhaṇa’s introductory verse and his comments ad Sū.15.4 and 7; 16.18–19 and 26; Ci.1.30cd–31ab; U.39.323–324; 40.182cd; 44. 24. 122 See on erroneous interpretations of Daḷhaṇa: P.V. Sharma (1979b); (1982b), especially 36–39. 123 Ad Sū.16.3. 124 Ad Ci.26.6. 125 Ad Sū.1.27. 126 Ad Sū.21.38. 127 Ad Ni.5.12cd. 128 Ad U.42.7cd–8ab. 129 Ad Su.Ni.5.34 and 13.38; Ci.33.12. 130 Ad Su.U.50.16ab. 131 Ad Sū.44.23; U.44.28–29. 132 See, for example, the descriptions of akṣoḍa (Sū.46.187), indīvara (Sū.38.12; Ci.7.11), kṛṣṇaśārivā (Sū.38.4), lavalī (Sū.46.189), and vīrataru (Sū.38.12).
Linked texts (6)
- Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit
- Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- Brahmadevasutta — Pāli
- Bhōja
- Medinīkośa (Nānārthaśabdakośa) — Medinikara, Sanskrit
- Rasavaiśeṣikasūtra — Bhadanta Nāgārjuna, Sanskrit