A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s32: Kāśīnātha
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s32
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Kāśīnātha
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Kāśīnātha was the author of a short monograph on indigestion called *Ajīrṇamañjarī*, *Amṛtamañjarī*, or *Ajīrṇamṛtamañjarī*.⁹³
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v3.c44.s32.t1.1
The treatise consists of sixty verses.⁹⁴ Verses 1–2 describe the four varieties of ajīrṇa distinguished by Suśruta,⁹⁵ verse 3 is about the general treatment, and verses 4–5 mention the number of days for ajīrṇa, caused by specified articles of diet, to disappear spontaneously.96 Verses 6–47 deal with ajīrṇa brought about by a variety of substances and its treatment by means of countermeasures. The verses which follow are devoted to the alleviation of discomforts as a consequence of particular medical treatments97 and by the overuse of caustic lime (cūrṇaka) in betel quids (48–52), the prevention of inconveniences resulting from the intake of alcoholic drinks (53–54), the treatment of intoxication by kodrava (55) and betel nuts (pūga; 56), the preparation of vasavāra and sūkta98 (57–58), and the usefulness of the latter substance in indigestion by āma (59).
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The Ajīrṇamañjarī is one of the sources of the Pāradasaṃhitā; it is quoted in the parīṅaka parīśiṣṭa of the Ānandakanda, the Rasakāmadhenu, and the Rasayogasāgara.
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Commentaries on the Ajīrṇamañjarī were written by Rājānaka Bhagavanta,99 Rāmanātha Vaidya,100 and Bāladeva.101
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Date The lower limit of the age in which Kāśīnātha lived is provided by MSS dating from 1618,102 1676/77103 and 1694/95.104
Linked texts (1)
- Ajīrṇamañjarī — Kāśinātha, Sanskrit