A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c37.71

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406 See on the alaṃkāras in the Saṃgraha: P.V. Sharma (1968): 98–100. 407 See A.s.Sū.1.16–18 and 20; Bṛhatsaṃhitā 1.5. 408 See A.s.U.50.209; Bṛhatsaṃhitā 1.3–4. 409 See, for example, Bṛhatsaṃhitā 11.61, where the Hūṇas and Cīnas are mentioned; the Yāvanas are found at 14.18, the Hūṇas again at 14.27, and the Cīnas at 14.30. See on the peoples mentioned in the Bṛhatsaṃhitā: A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 64–100. Compare: A.s. Sū.7.229–232. 410 Bṛhatsaṃhitā 9.28; 15.11 and 19; 16.26 (see A.M. Shastri, 1996: II, 485, n.37). Compare A.s.Sū.8.61. 411 The Saṃgraha distinguishes four varṇas among the snakes (U.41), the Bṛhatsaṃhitā among the grahas. 412 See the references to Buddhism in the Saṃgraha. The Bṛhatsaṃhitā describes in its chapter on the making of images, next to those of Hindu deities, the image of Buddha and Jina (57. 44–45). 413 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 14. 414 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 97 and 100. Compare A.s.Ni.1.19–31; Śā.12.4. 415 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 98 and 99. See on śubha: T.N. Madan (1985). 416 Bṛhatsaṃhitā 5.86. The Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya have separate chapters on guhyaroga (U. 38–39, respectively 33–34). 417 P.V. Sharma (1968: 229–230) refers to Bṛhatsaṃhitā 75.3 and 9 (see the preceding comments on these verses). He notices a series of related elements in the prescriptions of both works and adds that the erotically stimulating items of Bṛhatsaṃhitā 75.2 are also found in the Saṃgraha. Other passages showing similarities are, according to P.V. Sharma (1968: 231): A.s.Sū.3.112ab and Bṛhatsaṃhitā 2.11ab; Sū.4.20ab and Bṛhatsaṃhitā 21.21; Sū.8.2 and 2.10ab; Sū.38.16 and 42.38ab; Ci.9.101a and 12.6d; U.5.5 and 47.24. 418 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 105.6. Compare A.s.Ka.5.57; U.40.39 and 49.262. 419 Mentioned at Bṛhajjātaka 28.9 (see the quotation by B.P. Shastri, 1929: 177). Compare A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 12 and 38, n.101. 420 Bṛhatsaṃhitā 1.1; 57.46–48. Compare A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 13–14. See A.s.Ci.21.135, where Bhāskara, another name for the sun god, is mentioned. 421 Bṛhatsaṃhitā 9.32. P.V. Sharma (who may take the word as designating physicians acquainted with poisonous roots; M.R. Bhatt interprets it as: druggists and physicians) points to the importance of poisoning and its treatment in the Saṃgraha. 422 The Bṛhatsaṃhitā condemns the use of mantras, kuhaka, etc., at 2.15 (M.R. Bhatt’s transl., 2.33) and 74.5; a kuhakajña is referred to at 85.32 (M.R. Bhatt’s transl., 86.32). The term akuhaka is found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Sū.10.3); Ḍalhaṇa explains a kuhaka as a paramaviśvāsakārako māyāvin. 423 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 76.6 (arkamayūkhatapataila; arkamayūkhatāpa is the same as bhānupāka). Compare A.s.U.28.32 and 59 (ādityapāka, which is the same as bhānupāka). 424 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 80.13. 425 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 77.35–37 and A.s.Sū.3.35–38ab. 426 See A.s.U.49.419 and Bṛhatsaṃhitā 47.11. 427 See A.s.Sū.8 and Bṛhatsaṃhitā 52.10. 428 See Bṛhatsaṃhitā 14. 429 Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya show this diversity usually at the end of their chapters, the Bṛhatsaṃhitā in all parts of its chapters. The number of different metres employed is larger (more than fifty) in Varāhamihira’s work.