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76 Cf. A.h.U.2.26cd–27. 77 The *Samgraha* omits A.h.U.2.32cd–33ab. 78 The formula of lākṣāditaila (A.h.U.2.54cd–57ab) is absent from the *Samgraha*, as well as A.h.U.2.57cd–58ab. 79 Cf. A.s.U.1.43. A.s.U.2.97–98 = *Mādhavanidāna* 68.10–11 = Vaṅgasena, bālaroga 100–101 = *Bhāvaprakāśa*, cikitsā 71.133–134 (gloss: called ahīḍī in the vernacular). See also *Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā* I.7.187. Pārīgarbhika is identified as kwashiorkor (see C.H.S. Sastry and P.V. Tewari, 1972). See on kwashiorkor in India: C. Gopalan and V. Ramalingaswami (1955). 80 A.s.U.2.95–114 is absent from the *Hṛdaya*. 81 A.s.U.2.120 = Su.Śā.10.42–43ab. 82 The days of the four changes of the moon. 83 Compare A.s.U.3.4–11 and Sū.U.37.4–20. 84 See on the characteristics of a maṇḍala, and the ways it differs from a yantra: H. Brunner (1986). See on maṇḍala: G. Tucci (1961), on yantra: J.M. Rivière (1976). 85 Thirteen female beings called grahamātar are invoked: Aulā, Nilā, Khalā, Kālā, Nakulā, Grahakārikā, Senā, Susenā, Mātar, Mahāsenā, Yaśasvinī, Kṛtamālā, and (A)kṣataśirā (4. 50cd–51). 86 P.V. Sharma (1968: 69) points to *Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa* 42 and *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47 (puṣyasnāna) as parallels of this chapter. The king’s puṣyasnāna should be performed when his kingdom is afflicted by disasters (*Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.83). 87 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.4–15. 88 One of the asterisms mentioned is Puṣya. The *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* restricts its recommendations to Puṣya (47.3). 89 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.25–26. The *Samgraha* gives much more detailed instructions. A measure referred to is the nalva, which is of three kinds. 90 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.25–26. A number of rākṣasīs are mentioned at U.5.12 (cf. 5.56). 91 The *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* mentions eight, twenty-eight or a hundred and eight pitchers (47.51). See on the meaning of pitchers in Indian rituals: S. Al-George and A. Roşu (1957b). 92 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.37–38. 93 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.40–42. 94 Compare the description of the royal seat of the *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* (47.46–47). 95 The *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* selects the southern part (47.77). 96 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.50. 97 Cf. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 47.55–71. 98 Some of the names are: Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Dākṣāyaṇī, Sītā, Sāvitrī, Saramā, the ākāśagaṅgā (the Milky Way) and the Gaṅgā (5.47). Holy places of pilgrimage mentioned are: Puṣkarāraṇya, Naimiṣa, Gayā, Prabhāsa, Piṇḍāraka (5.54). See on Puṣkarāraṇya: G. Bailey (1983): 21–24; A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 63. See on the Naimiṣa forest (the recitation of the *Mahābhārata* by the bard Ugraśravas take place there; it is repeatedly mentioned in the Purāṇas): G. Bonazzoli (1981); Dowson; A. Hiltebeitel (1998); A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967); V.V. Mirashi (1968a); G.K. Pai (1975): 452; A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 63; Vettam Mani. See on Gayā: G. Bailey (1983): 26–29; W. Crooke (1913); P.V. Kane IV, 643–679; G.K. Pai (1975): 400–401; G. Roerich (1959); Vettam Mani. See on Prabhāsa: P.V. Kane IV, 791–792; G.K. Pai (1975): 465; Vettam Mani. See on Piṇḍāraka: P.V. Kane IV, 790–791; Vettam Mani. Rākṣasīs who drag away the newly born children (jātā-