A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s22.24

v3.c42.s22.24

The Praśanasahasravidhāna is once, without the author being mentioned, referred to by Vijayarakṣita, 185 who calls it a śuśrutaślokavārttika, i.e., versified glosses on the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 186 A quotation, attributed to Mādhavakāra in Hemādri's commentary on the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya, 187 may be from the same work. Niścalakara quotes the Praśanasahasravidhāna, i.e., the exposition on a thousand questions, in his Ratnaprabhā; unlike Vijayarakṣita, he also gives the name of its author, Mādhava or Mādhavakāra. 188 Niścala's first quotation consists of a question and the answer to it, both in verse, connected with a statement found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā; 189 the second quotation, in verse too, is about the nature of vāta diseases. 190 The Suśrutavārttika of Mādhava, once quoted in Niścala's Ratnaprabhā, 191 is obviously the same work as the Praśanasahasravidhāna, because it was also composed in the form of questions and answers in verse.