A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s49.71

v3.c44.s49.71

Chapters sixteen and twenty to thirty-seven, which form a nighaṇṭu, incorporated in the Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī, are based on the Madanapālanighaṇṭu. Trimalla quotes Madanapāla's verses on the properties of medicinal substances and articles of food, mostly omitting to enumerate their synonyms. The order of Madanapāla's chapters has been changed by Trimalla; some substances are absent, 578 while other ones were added by him. 579 In rare cases a verse differs completely from the corresponding one in the Madanapālanighaṇṭu. 580 Worthy of note is Trimalla's distinction of āḍhakī (30.30) and tuvarī (30.44ab), 581 garjara (32.69) and gṛjana (32.80cd–81ab). 582 Some names do not agree with those occurring in the Madanapālanighaṇṭu. 583 Vernacular names are also mentioned. 584 Chapter sixteen, which belongs to the nighaṇṭu of the Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī, has, at least for its major part, not been borrowed from the Madanapālanighaṇṭu, although it shares a number of verses with it. 585