A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s31: Jayaratna(maṇi)
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s31
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Jayaratna(maṇi)
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Jayaratna⁸⁰ or Jayaratnamaṇi⁸¹ was the author of a monograph on fevers called *Jvaraparājaya*.
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The work, consisting of 439 verses, deals, after some introductory stanzas (1–7), with the vessels of the body (śirāprakaraṇa; 8–16), the doṣas (16–51), the origin of fevers (jvarotpattiprakaraṇa; 52–121), the different kinds of fever (122–156)⁸² and their therapy (157–224), clysters (bastikarmādhikāra; 225–369), substances which are salutary or insalutary in fevers (pathyāpathyādhikāra; 370–389), the saṃnipāta fevers (390–431), and the offering called pūrṇāhuti⁸³ (432–439).⁸⁴
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Authorities referred to by the author are: Aṅgada, ⁸⁵ Ātreya, Bhela, Caraka, Hārīta, Mādhava, Nāgasimha,⁸⁶ Pālakāpya, Pārāśara, Soḍhala, Suśruta, Tiṣaṭa, Vāgbhaṭa, and Vṛnda.⁸⁷ Cāmuṇḍa's *Jvaratimirabhāskara* is quoted by Jayaratna.⁸⁸
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The *Jvaraparājaya* is quoted in Karandikar's *Nidānadīpikā*.
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Jayaratna, a Śvetāmbara Jain,⁸⁹ was a pupil of Bhāvaratna.⁹⁰ He wrote his work in Tryambāvatī.⁹¹
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The *Jvaraparājaya* was composed in the year 1605/06.⁹²
Linked texts (1)
- Jvaratimirabhāskara (Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha) — Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha 1598, Sanskrit