A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s5.26

v3.c44.s5.26

The *Vaidyajīvana* is mentioned in Nidhi’s *Yogasamuccaya*. The work is quoted in the *Āyurvedīya Khanijavijñāna*, Bheṣajasamhitā, Hanumatprasāda’s commentary on the *Siddhabhaiṣajyamaṇijūṣā*, Hariprapanna’s *Rasayogasāgara*, Jñārasarāmaśarman’s *Anupānadarpana*, Pratāpasimha’s *Amṛtasāgara* and Jñārasarāma’s version of this work, Trimalla’s *Yogataraṅgiṇī*,³⁹⁹ Vidyāpati’s *Vaidyarahasya*,⁴⁰⁰ and the *Yogaratnākara*;⁴⁰¹ it is probably quoted as *Vaidyasamjīvanī* in Ananta’s *Pratāpakalpadruma* and as *Vaidyakasamjīvana* in Vācaka Dīpacandra’s *Laṅghanapathyaniṛnaya*. The *Vaidyajīvana* was one of the sources of Raghunāthajī’s *Nighaṇṭusamgraha* and the *Rasoddhāratantra*. Modern works have incorporated verses from the *Vaidyajīvana* are Yādavji Trikamjī’s *Rasāmṛta* and *Siddhayogasamgraha*,⁴⁰² and the *Vaidyakīya Subhāṣitāvalī*.⁴⁰³ The *Vaidyajīvana* has influenced Nayanasukha’s *Vaidyamanotsava*,⁴⁰⁴ Raghunātha Paṇḍita’s *Cikitsāmañjarī*, and Benīprasāda’s *Lolamarāja*.⁴⁰⁵ The work was translated into Hindī verse by Bohare Īśvarīprasāda of Dhaulapura in 1842/43.⁴⁰⁶