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A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s6.t2: Commentaries

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s6.t2

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Commentaries

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Several commentaries are recorded on the *Yogaśataka* attributed to Nāgārjuna or Vararuci: (1) Amitaprabha’s *Yogaśatabhāṣya*.496 (2) Bu-ston’s annotations (mchan) on the Tibetan version; these annotations are based on (3) and (6).497 (3) Dhruvapāla’s498 *Candrakalā*.499 (4) Govardhana’s *Karmamālā*.500 (5) Hariharaśarman’s *Vaidyavallabhā*.501 (6) A commentary by Khyab-hjug-lha (Viṣṇudeva).502 (7) Mahīdhara’s *Viśvavallabhā*.503 (8) A commentary by Mūlavara.504 (9) A commentary by Rūpanayana.505 (10) Samantabhadra’s *Yogaśatatīkā*.506 (11) Sanātana’s *Vallabhā*.507 (12) Somadāsa’s *Karmamālā*.508 (13) Śrīpūrṇasena’s *Yogacintāmaṇi*,509 also called *Abhidhānacintāmaṇi*.510 Pūrṇasena commented on a longer version of the *Yogaśataka*.511 His rather concise ṭīkā does not throw much light on the text of the *Yogaśataka*.512 Sources are not mentioned; he refers, in the introductory part of his commentary, to the *Kalyāṇakāraka*, Suśruta and Vāgbhaṭa. Pūrṇasena may have been a resident of Mahārāṣṭra.513 (14) A commentary by Sūryadeva.514 (15) A commentary called *Bālāvabodha*.515 (16) A vṛtti by Vaikuṇṭhavaidya.516

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The following is known on their chronology: Rūpanayana is posterior to Ravigupta and Igupta, who are quoted by him, and earlier than about 1500;517 Dhruvapāla, Govardhana,518 Mahīdhara and Sanātana lived before Niścalakara, who quotes from their commentaries on the *Yogaśataka*;519 Dhruvapāla and Khyab-hjug-lha are earlier than Bu-ston, whose annotations are based on their works;520 Śrīpūrṇasena is said to belong to the sixteenth century.521

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A number of works with the title *Yogaśataka* are recorded, some of which may ultimately prove to be identical with the *Yogaśataka* ascribed to Nāgārjuna or Vararuci. Their authors are: (1) Akṣadeva.522 (2) Amṛtaprabha523 or Amitaprabha; some verses of the *Cakradatta*, borrowed from Amitaprabha according to Niścalakara, form probably part of his *Yogaśataka*, which had verses in common with the *Yogaśataka* ascribed to Nāgārjuna or Vararuci.524 (3) Anantayogīśvara; Nandalāla, pupil of Kalyāṇa, wrote a commentary on this, called *Anvayacandrikā*.525 (4) Devendrakīrti Bhaṭṭāraka.526 (5) Haribhadrasūri.527 (6) Lakṣmīdāsa.528 (7) Madanasimha or Mathanasimha.529 (8) Samantabhadra.530 (9) Śrīkaṇṭhadāsa; Vararuci is said to have written a commentary, called *Abhidhānacintāmaṇi*, on this work.531 (10) Vaidyanātha(putra).532 (11) Vāmana.533 (12) Vidagdhavaidya.534 A *Vṛddhayogaśataka* by Gauḍavamśatilaka,535 Pūrṇasena,536 and Pūrṇasettutamasūri537 are also known, as well as an anonymous *Yogaśatābhidhāna*.538

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