A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s8.t1.3

v3.c43.s8.t1.3

The complete text of Rāvaṇa’s *Kumāratantra* was, indicated as such, incorporated by Cakrapāṇidatta in his *Cikitsāsaṃgraha* (bālarogacikitsā 89–100)⁵⁶³ and commented upon by Niścalakara and Śivadāsasena; it also forms part of Gaṅgādhara’s commentary on the Carakasamhitā (ad Ca.Śā.8.65), Govindadāsa’s Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī (bālaroga 181–193), 564 Toḍara’s Āyurvedasaukhya, 565 and Vaidyarāja’s Sukhabodha. 566 The Amṛtasāgara, attributed to Pratāpasiṃha, claims to reproduce the Kumāratantra, as found in the Cakradatta, but mentions a series of twelve mātṛkās with partly different names. 567 A related text is found in Anantakumāra’s Yogaratnasamuccaya (22.1–2), 568 where Parāśara proclaims the Kumāratantra by Rāvaṇa, called Nārāyaṇīya Bālatantra in the colophon; the mantras, which are less in number, invoke Nārāyaṇa and Vāsudeva instead of Rāvaṇa. Trimalla’s Yogatarangiṇī contains an extract from Rāvaṇa’s Kumāratantra. 569 Trimalla’s Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī presents a related text, called the Pūtanāvidhāna from the Kaumāratantra by Rāvaṇa; 570 the mantras of this work invoke Rāvaṇa and Nārāyaṇa for protection. The Nighaṇṭuratnākara and Bṛhannighaṇṭuratnākara mention, at the end of their sections on children’s diseases, two series of grahīs, together with the symptoms they provoke and the treatment of these afflictions. 571 An unpublished Jain text, called Vidyānuśāsana, 572 contains a long section on bālagrahas that is said to derive from Rāvaṇa. 573