A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s20: Vaidyarāja
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s20
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Vaidyarāja
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Vaidyarāja was the author of the Rasarasārṇava and Sukhabodha. 1373
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The Rasarasārṇava 1374 is a short treatise, probably mainly dealing with therapy; it also describes the examination of the pulse, the urine, and the eyes of the patient. 1375
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The Sukhabodha 1376 is a comprehensive work on therapeutics, written in a clear and easy style. The beginning, describing the descent of āyurveda, is inspired by the Carakasamhitā.
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Sources mentioned at the end of the work are: Caraka, Madanavinoda, Paribhāṣā, Rasadīpikā, Rasakalikā, Rasamañjarī, Rasaprayoga, Rasaratnākara, Rasendracintāmaṇi, Rasendrakalpadruma, Sārasamgraha, Śārṅgadhara, Suśruta, Vāgbhaṭa, and Vāṅgasenaka.
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Quoted in the body of the work are: the Agnipurāṇa, Garuḍapurāṇa, Gopālasaṃhitā, 1377 Rāvaṇa’s Kumāratantra, Vāsudeva, Viṣṇu, and the Sāralatikā. 1378
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The author gives his genealogy at the beginning and end of his work. He was a son of Viśārada, son of Vaidyacintāmaṇi, son of Vaidyavācaspati, son of Yadunātha; he was a nephew of Ratnamaṇi. 1379 The Sukhabodha was completed in the year 1624 of an unspecified era, i.e., in 1567/68 or 1702/03. 1380
Cites (16)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit
- Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit
- Rasārṇava — Sanskrit
- Rasendracintāmaṇi — Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha, Sanskrit
- Rasamañjarī — Śālinātha, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇu — Sanskrit
- Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Paribhāṣā
- Sāralatikā — Sanskrit
- Kumāratantra (Rāvaṇa) — Rāvaṇa, Sanskrit
- Rasaratnākara — Sāḷva, Kannada
- Sukhabodhā — Sanskrit
- Sārasaṃgraha (Jīva Gosvāmin) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit
- Rasakalikā — Sanskrit