A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c35.18.3

v2.c35.18.3

Nirnāmā and nirṇāmikā occur in the Vaidyarahasya (bālaroga 22 and 24), where the disorder is said to arise from the mother’s dohada. The Kairalī commentary (ad A.h.U.2.69–70) mentions a series of children’s diseases not described by Vāgbhaṭa: mukhadūṣikā, niśūlikā, viṣavajra, and kuṇḍala(ka); the verses on these diseases, quoted anonymously in the Kairalī, are identical with some stanzas of Anantakumāra's Yogaratnasamuccaya, quoted from the Prayogasiddhi and a tantrāntara (21.496, 499–500, 507–510) (niścūrikā instead of niśūlikā). 54 Absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 55 Cf. Su.Śā.10.39. 56 Cf. Su.U.27 to 37. See on this chapter: J. Filliozat (1937): 46–62 (edition, textcritical remarks and French translation: 48–59) and 124–132 (the Tibetan version). 57 Cf. Su.U.37.3–4. Śulapāṇi is one of Śiva's names. Guha is the same deity as Kārttikeya or Skanda. 58 See the Kairalī. 59 Not mentioned by this name in the Suśrutasaṃhitā, but identical with Skandāpasmāra (see A.h.U.3.9cd–11; Dalhaṇa ad Su.U.29.9). 60 Some editions of the Hṛdaya, as well as the Saṃgraha, read Meṣākhya or Meṣāsya. This graha is the same as Naigameṣa (see A.h.U.3.12–14). The Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā (I.7.189–191ab) replaces Meṣa by Naigameya. 61 Replaced by Svagraha in the Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā (I.7.189–191ab); Āḍhamalla remarks that some regard him as identical with Skandāpasmāra. Śvagraha is not mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā, but is known, for instance, to the Āpastambagṛhyasūtra (MW; compare PW).