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A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s39: Mānakavi

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s39

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Mānakavi

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Mānakavi, also called Kavimāna and Mānamuni, was the author of the *Kavipramoda* and *Kavivinoda*, ¹²¹ two medical treatises written in Rājasthānī. A *Vaidyakasārasamgraha* by the same author is also recorded. ¹²²

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The *Kavipramoda* ¹²³ is a large work in 2,944 verses (caupāī, dohā), arranged in nine chapters (uddeśa).

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Authorities referred to are Ātreya, Bheḍa, Caraka, Kharaṇāda, Suśruta, and Vāgbhaṭa.

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The *Kavivinoda*, also written in verse (caupāī, dohā, etc.), is divided into two parts (khaṇḍa). The first part deals with recipes of various types (kaṣāya, cūrṇa, guṭī, etc.), the second part with fevers and their treatment. ¹²⁴

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Mānakavi ¹²⁵ was a pupil of Sumatisumerugaṇi, pupil of Bhaṭṭāraka Jinacandrasūri of the Kharataragaccha. ¹²⁶ Another teacher of Mānakavi was Vinayamerugaṇi, ¹²⁷ brother of Sumatisumeru.

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Mānakavi lived in Bikāner.

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The *Kavivinoda* was completed in A.D. 1688, the *Kavipramoda* in A.D. 1689.

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