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A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c45: Chapter 3: Eighteenth-century authors and works

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c45

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Chapter 3: Eighteenth-century authors and works

Ānandavarman

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Ānandavarman, author of the Sārakaumudī, is assigned to the middle of the eighteenth century.1

Anaṅga Kavirāja

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Anaṅga Kavirāja, who enjoyed the patronage of the Ahom monarch Lakṣmisiṃha (A.D. 1769–1780), composed a voluminous work called Vaidyakalpataru.2

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Ananta, of Dadhīci family, son of Keśavarāya, composed at the behest of Mahārāja Pratāpasiṃha of Jaypur3 (A.D. 1778–1803) in 1792/93 the Pratāpakalpadruma, also called Anantaprakāśa, a work in twenty-four chapters.4

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Sources referred to by Ananta are:5 Ānandamālā, Bhāgavata, Bhāvaprakāśa, Caraka, Cikitsāmṛtasāgara, Cikitsāsāra, Dāmodara, Gāruḍisaṃhitā,6 Hārita, Hitopadeśa, Jvaratimirabhāskara, Kutūhala, Lakṣmaṇotsava, Ratnabhūṣaṇa,7 Ṛtucaryā, Siddhāntaśiromaṇi,8 Śirājagrantha(?),9 Suśruta, Toḍarānanda, Vāgbhaṭa, Vaidyakasāroddhāra, Vaidyapaddhati, Vaidyarahasya, Vaidyaratna, Vaidyasaṃjīvanī,10 Vaidyasāra, Vaidyavinoda, Vidvajjanarañjana,11 and Vṛnda.12

Bālarāma

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Bālarāma, author of the Ātaṅkatimirabhāskara, is assigned to the eighteenth century.13

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Raghunāthajī Indrajī, the author of the Nighaṇṭusaṃgraha, borrowed the description of tea from the Ātaṅkatimirabhāskara.14

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Basava was the author of the Śivatattvaratnākara.

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The Śivatattvaratnākara15 is a large encyclopaedia,16 which contains the following subjects of medical interest:17 āyurveda as an upaveda of the Ṛgveda (I.2.15);18 a definition of the term āyurveda (I.2.16cd-17ab); measures of length (II.1.6cd-11);19 diseases caused by sins committed in previous lives (II.3); grahas (III.1.28–47);20 kālajñāna and ariṣṭas (V.1.62–88ab); dreams (V.3);²¹ omina (śakuna; V.8);²² definitions of a good cook (sūda), bhiṣaj, and vaidya (V.15.91cd–99ab);²³ vṛkṣāyurveda (VI.10 and 11);²⁴ kāmaśāstra (VI.12 and 13.1–127);²⁵ inunction (abhyaṅga) and anointing (vilepana) of a king’s body (VI.14.22–88);²⁶ the art of perfumery (gandhayukti; VI.15);²⁷ precious stones (VI.17);²⁸ prepared foods (VI.18 and 19);²⁹ medicine (VI.21);³⁰ properties of articles of food and some other substances, together with related subjects (VI.22.1–38ab); the formulae of eight important rasayogas (VI.22.47–98); alchemy and iatrochemistry (VI.22.99–130ab; VI.23, 24 and 25); toxicology (VI.26–27);³¹ indrajāla (VII.2: quoted from the Haramekhalikātantra);³² characteristics of the female (VII.9) and the male (VII.10) body and their meaning;³³ elephant-lore (VII.11);³⁴ aśvaśāstra and some other subjects related to veterinary science (VII.12 and 13).³⁵

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Interesting subjects are: some names of vegetables: śakata, mahābhāṣa, goṇī, and gandhalakṣmī (VI.18.121); some prepared dishes: doṣaka (VI.19.16cd–17ab), iḍḍalikā (VI.19.17cd–21ab), and varṣelaka (VI.19.27cd–33ab); a description of the descent of āyurveda to the human world (VI.²¹.4–5);³⁶ definitions of the eight limbs of āyurveda: kāyatantra, bālatantra, grahatantra, śālāyatantra, śalyatantra, agadatantra, rasāyanatantra, and vṛṣatantra (VI.21.8–45); the three doṣas (VI.21.23–39, 46–47ab, 54, 97–108ab);³⁷ the digestive fire (VI.21.25cd–26ab, 40–41);³⁸ the amount of time required for the digestion of various substances (VI.21.42–45);³⁹ the six tastes (VI.21.47cd–53);⁴⁰ the eightfold examination of a patient (VI.21.⁵⁵); the examination of the pulse (VI.21.56–96);⁴¹ fevers (VI.21.110cd–137ab);⁴² groups of drugs (VI.21.137cd–178);⁴³ types of country (deśa) and soil (bhūmi) (VI.21.186cd–197ab);⁴⁴ the definition of a rasavaidya (VI.²³.56–57); lists of plants employed in the various processes (saṃskāra) to which mercury is subjected (VI.²⁴.2–33); the eighteen saṃskāras of mercury (VI.24.50–182ab);⁴⁵ descriptions of the human constitutions (sāra and prakṛti) (VII.10.159–164 and 170–173).⁴⁶

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The chapter on perfumery (gandhayukti; VI.15) mentions five basic processes (saṃskāra): mardana, svedana, lepana, dhūpana, and saṃvāsana (15.6cd–9).

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The chapter on precious and semi-precious stones (VI.17) describes five mahāratnas: diamond (vajra), pearl (muktāphala), ruby (māṇikya), sapphire (nīla), and emerald (marakata), and five uparatnas: puṣparāga, vaidūrya, gomeda, sphaṭika, and pravāla.

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Some subjects dealt with in the chapters devoted to alchemy (VI.22–25) are: a list of eight mahārasa(yoga)s, called sarveśvara, pūrṇacandrodaya, rājamṛgāṅka, mālinīvasanta, vasantakusumākara, trailokyacintāmaṇi, mahābhūpati, and lakṣmīvilāsa (22.47–48); the formulae of these rasas (22.49–98);⁴⁷ the naisargikamalas of mercury: pārthiva, āpya, āgneya, ānila, nābhasa, gajacarmākhya, puṇḍarīka, visarpaka; hāridra, raktacarmākhya, nāraṅga, raktabinduka, asahyāgni, and maṇḍūka (VI.²³.34–35); the seven kañcukas: kālikā, mālinī, kapotī, girijā, (s)alomī, girijā, and piṅgalī (VI.23.36–37ab); the three yaugikamalas: viṣa, nāga, and vaṅga (VI.23.37cd); the preparation of some sindūras (22.107cd–112); the description of some bhasmans

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(22.113–118ab); measures (22.118cd–126ab);⁴⁸ the storage life (vīryāvasthitikāla) of various pharmaceutical preparations (22.126cd–128ab); dosages (22.128cd–130); the five avasthās of mercury (23.32–33); the doṣas of mercury (23.34–44); the eight mahārasas: bhūnāga, ghana (= abhraka), vaikrānta, vimalā, tāpya, tutthaka, kharparī, and rājāvarta (23.⁵⁸);⁴⁹ the eight uparasas: gandha, kaṅkuṣṭha, kāsīsa, (manaḥ)śilā, kāṅkṣī, vārātikā, gairika, and tālaka (23.59cd–60ab);⁵⁰ a series of six sādhāraṇarasas: girisindūra, podāraśṛṅgī,⁵¹ gaurīśilā (= gaurīpāṣāṇa), añjana, kampilla, and capala (23.60cd–61ab);⁵² a series of four śaktirasas: hinguḷa, sasyaka, śilājit, and agnijāraka (23.61cd–62ab);⁵³ a series of five uparatnas: sphaṭika is of three types: sūryakānta, candrakānta, tārakānta, to which some add lohakānta as a fourth type (23.63cd–64ab).⁵⁴

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The divyauṣadhis enumerated are: atasīvallī, bhagavallikā, bhūtakeśī, bhūtumbī, bilvinī, brahmaṇī, camarīkā, caṇḍālī, gāndharvī, garuḍavallikā, gomārī, gośṛṅgī, īśvarī, jyotirlatā, kākinī, karīrakavarī, karīravallarī, kṛṣṇavallarī, kṣaṇavallarī, kṣatriṇī, kūrmalatā, laśunavallarī, locanalatā, mādhavī, mahāmāṣa, mahauṣadhī, maṇḍūkī, mūlakandaka, munivallikā, nimbā vallī, padminī, pītavallī, raktalatā, rohiṇī, rudantī, tāmravallikā, tilakanda, triśūlinī, tumbinī, vīravallī, and vyāghrapādī (24.2–7ab).

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The very potent (mahābala) vanausadhis are: alambusā, aparājitā, ardhacandra, candrikā, cintyā,⁵⁵ citrapattrā, durgandhā, hemapuṣpī, jalahemāgama, jalakumbhī, jalamūlaka, jalapippalī, jālinī, jalotpalā, kākamācī, kapotī, karṇisphoṭī, kṣīriṇī, māṃṣī, maṇḍūkī, meghānādī, musalī, nandinī, pāṣāṇī, patākī, rasā,⁵⁶ rohiṇī, samaṅgā, sārivā, śikhā, śikhipādā, śītagandhinī, sthalaprasāriṇī, śukanāsikā, tulasī, tuṣāmbu, uttamā, vanakūṣmāṇḍavallī, vāyasī, veṇukā, and vṛścikālī (24.7cd–13ab).⁵⁷

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The list of niyamaka plants (24.15–22) reproduces, more or less, Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 8.1–8ab; the list of bhasmakara plants (24.23–33) has also been borrowed, with a number of variants, from the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi (8.9cd–20).

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The eighteen saṃskāras listed (24.50–54) and described (24.55–182ab) are: svedana, mardana, mūrchā, utthāna, pātana, rodhana, niyāma, dīpana, anuvasana, cāraṇa, jāraṇa, garbhadruṭi, bāhyadruṭi, rāga, sāraṇa, anusāraṇa, krāmaṇa, and vedha. Two types of mukha are mentioned: divya and asura (24.112cd–113). Jāraṇa is of two varieties: bāla- and baddhajāraṇa (24.119). Pratisāraṇa, not listed as a distinct saṃskāra, is described (24.161–164). Five types of vedha are distinguished: lepa-, kṣepa-, kunta-, dhūma-, and śabdavedha (24.168–174ab).

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The yantras described are: dolā-, adhaḥpātana-, tiryakpātana-, kacchapa-, ūrdhvapātana-, antarālika-, tāpikā-, pratigarbha-, dīpālikā-, puṭa-, vidyādhara-, ḍamaruka-, nābhī-, garta-, ḍeṅkī-, somānala-, and nālikāyantra (25.17cd–59).⁵⁸ Yantras mentioned only are: vaḍavānala-, dhūpa-, kaṇḍuka-, khecara-, sthālīkā-, tulā-, lavaṇa-, iṣṭikā-, and koṣṭhayantra (25.61–62).⁵⁹ The mūṣās are referred to (25.63–68);⁶⁰ the usual types of puṭa are characterized (25.69–82ab).⁶¹

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Some sources⁶² mentioned at the end of kallola six are: the Aśvins, Dattila,⁶³ Dhanvantaramita, Gaurīmata, Gitatatnākara,⁶⁴ Nalamata,⁶⁵ Kohalaka,⁶⁶ Mayamata,⁶⁷ Pragayasaāra,⁶⁸ Rasahṛdaya, Rasaratnākara, Śārṅgadhara, Utpalaparimala,⁶⁹ Viśvakarmamata,⁷⁰ Vihagendrasaṃhitā,⁷¹ and Yogaratnāvalī.

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Some sources referred to at the end of kallola seven are: Amṛtānanda,⁷²

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Haramekhalikātantra,73 Kautukacintāmaṇi, Mānasollāsa, Merutantra, Nakula,74 Nala, Pālakāpya, Śālihotra, Vāgbhaṭa, and Vidyānātha.75

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Basava Bhūpāla76 (1684–1710)77 was the last ruler of the Kelaḍi kingdom, which flourished from A.D. 1499 to 1763 in the area corresponding to the coast of Karṇātaka from Goa in the north to Cannanore in the south.78 Kelaḍi was also known as Ikkēri, and its rulers, who professed Vīraśaivism,79 were great patrons of literature and architecture.80

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Basava Bhūpāla also wrote the Subhāṣitasuradruma (in Sanskrit),81 the Sūktisudhākara (in a mixture of Sanskrit and Kannaḍa), and a commentary (in Sanskrit) on the Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi.82

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The genealogy of Basava Bhūpāla’s family forms part of the Śivatattvaratnākara.83 He was the son of Somaśekhara and Cannāmbikā or Cennāmbikā,84 a pupil of Cannavī-rakara, and a patron of Cokkanātha, author of the Kāntimatīpariṇaya.85

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Date The Śivatattvaratnākara was completed in 1709.86

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Cainarūpa Cainarūpa, a Jain author, who probably lived in Bikāner, wrote in 1778/79 a Pathyā-pathyastabaka.87

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Cakrapāṇidāsa Cakrapāṇidāsa, son of Parāṅkuśa, completed his Abhinavacintāmaṇi in 1799.88

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Contents This treatise is arranged in sixty-six chapters (kiraṇa). Chapters one to four deal with māna and paribhāṣā, rasādiśuddhi, kalādidvādaśatattva, and nāḍyāditrayodaśatattva. Chapters five to sixty-three are concerned with the treatment of diseases. The last three chapters are about rasāyana, vājīkaraṇa, and vamanādi, along with ṛtucaryā. The arrangement of the diseases generally agrees with the order adopted in the Mādhavanidāna. The recipes begin with kvāthas, cūrṇas, etc., followed by rasayogas, and end with tailas and ghṛtas. The treatise is a compilation derived from various sources, but the original texts have been modified.

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Special features Minor deviations from the arrangement of the diseases in the Mādhavanidāna are: a separate chapter on kāmalā and halīmaka; separate chapters on śvāsa and hikkā; vra-ṇaśotha, śārīravraṇa, sadyovraṇa, bhagna and nāḍīvraṇa are discussed in one chapter, as well as visarpa and visphoṭa; pradara, yonivyāpad, mūḍhagarbha and sūtīkāroga are

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dealt with collectively in a chapter on strīroga. Special emphasis is laid on astrological and religious aspects of therapy. A new disorder described is amlapittajvara.89

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Diler Jang Diler Jang was the author of the Dinacaryāpaddhati.90

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Dīpacandra Dīpacandra, with the title of Vācaka, was the author of the Laṅghanapathyaniṛṇaya,91 a work on fasting and diet, especially in the treatment of fevers. The treatise consists of a laṅghanaprakaraṇa on fasting in 215 and a pathyaprakaraṇa on wholesome articles of diet in 116 stanzas.92

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The following sources are quoted: Amṛtasāgara,93 Ānandamālā (by Ānandabhāratī Yatīndra), Bhāvaprakāśa, Bhela, Bhiṣakcitracittotsava,94 Cakradatta, Caraka, Cikitsāmṛta(sāgara),95 Cikitsāratnabhūṣaṇa,96 Dāmodara, Gāruḍisaṃhitā, Hārīta, Hitopadeśa,97 Jvaratimirabhāskara (by Cāmuṇḍa), Kālajñāna, Kṣemakutūhala, Lakṣmaṇotsava, Mādhavanidāna, Siddhāntasīromaṇi,98 Sūpākāragrantha, Suṣeṇa, Suśruta, Toḍarānanda, Vāgbhaṭa, Vaidyakasamjīvana,99 Vaidyakasārasaṃgraha,100 Vaidyasarvasva,101 Vaidyavinoda,102 Vaṅgasena, Vṛddhasuśruta, Vṛddhavṛnda, and Vṛnda.103

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The author and his date No particulars are known about the author, except his being a Jaina, as appears from his title Vācaka. He composed his work in 1735/36 under the reign of Jaisimha II of Jaypur.104 He was a pupil of Dayātilakopādhyāya105 and belonged to the tradition of Jinadattasūri.106 Other works of the same author are a Hindī commentary on Kalyā-ṇadāsa’s Bālatantra and an unspecified Vaidyakagrantha.107

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Ekojī Ekojī, one of the Maratha kings of Tanjore, is credited with a work called Āyurveda.108

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Gopāladāsa Vaidya Gopāladāsa Vaidya, son of Siddheśvara and grandson of Rāmarāma of Dvārandhra, was the author of the Yogāmṛta, written in 1771/72. This work is provided with an auto-commentary called Subodhinī.109

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Govindadāsa Govindadāsa was the author of the Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī,110 a very large treatise, mainly in verse, on therapy and a number of other subjects. The 12,360 verses of the work are arranged in 106 chapters (prakaraṇa).

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Chapter one describes the descent (avatāra) of āyurveda to the human world in its own way, thereby mentioning Caraka, Suśruta and Vāgbhaṭa as the three great masters of the medical science. Chapter two is about the purification (śodhana) and killing (māraṇa) of a series of substances used for iatrochemical purposes.¹¹¹ Chapter three (miśravargaprakaraṇa) is concerned with various general subjects connected with medicine. Chapter four (paribhāṣāprakaraṇa) is about weights and measures (1–14), groups of medicinal substances (15–44), some medicinal preparations (45–56), substitutes for rare drugs (57–100), and subjects related to the preparation of drugs (101–130).¹¹²

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¹¹¹ Chapter three (miśravargaprakaraṇa) is concerned with various general subjects connected with medicine.

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¹¹² Chapter four (paribhāṣāprakaraṇa) is about weights and measures (1–14), groups of medicinal substances (15–44), some medicinal preparations (45–56), substitutes for rare drugs (57–100), and subjects related to the preparation of drugs (101–130).

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Chapters five to seventy-two are concerned with the treatment of diseases, for the greater part arranged in agreement with the Mādhavanidāna.¹¹³ Verses on nidāna are absent. The rasauṣadhas are preceded by rāsāyana, seventy-four with vājīkaraṇa, seventy-five with the suppression of ejaculation (vīryastambha).

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¹¹³ Chapters five to seventy-two are concerned with the treatment of diseases, for the greater part arranged in agreement with the Mādhavanidāna.

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Chapters 76–106 describe diseases, together with their treatment, which are absent from the Mādhavanidāna. Three pariśiṣṭa chapters are about pittaroga, kapharoga, and some especially efficient formulae (anubhūtayoga), which are said to derive from Rājeśvaraśāstrin.¹¹⁴

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¹¹⁴ Chapters 76–106 describe diseases, together with their treatment, which are absent from the Mādhavanidāna. Three pariśiṣṭa chapters are about pittaroga, kapharoga, and some especially efficient formulae (anubhūtayoga), which are said to derive from Rājeśvaraśāstrin.

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Sources are not mentioned in the body of the text.¹¹⁵

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¹¹⁵ Sources are not mentioned in the body of the text.

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The Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī is quoted in Ambikādattaśāstrin’s commentary on the Rasendrasārasaṃgraha, Āśubodha and Nityabodha Senagupta’s commentary on the Rasaratnasamuccaya, the Āyurvedīya Khanijavijñāna, Gulrājśarmamiśra’s Viśikhānu-praveśavijñāna, Hariprapanna’s Rasayogasāgara, Hariśaraṇānanda’s Kūpīpakvarasa-nirmāṇavijñāna, Jīvānandavidyāsāgara’s commentary on the Rasendrasārasaṃgraha, Nirañjanaprasāda Gupta’s Pāradasaṃhitā, the Rasadhātuprakāśa, and Yādavajī Trikamajī Ācārya’s Rasāmṛta and Siddhayogasāṃgraha. It was one of the sources of Āryadāsa Kumārasimha’s Kvāthamaṇimālā, the Bheṣajasamhitā, Devasimha Viṭṭhal’s Bṛhadasāvarīṣtasaṃgraha, Viśvanātha Dvivedī’s Rasendrasambhava, and the Rasoddhāratantra.

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Special features In contrast with the Mādhavanidāna, two separate chapters are devoted to jvarātīsāra (6) and plīhayakṛdroga (41). The treatment of one series of thirteen saṃnipāta fevers is described: śītāṅga, tandrika, pralāpaka, raktaṣṭhīvin, bhugnanetra, abhinyāsa, jihvaka, sandhika, antaka, rugdāha, cittabhrama, karṇika, and kaṇṭhakubja (5.277–324). An unusual fever is nāsikājvara (5.1410–1413).¹¹⁶ The chapter on atīsāra mentions the treatment of śothātīsāra (7.77–78). The chapter on vātavyādhi has two different lists of gandhadravyas to be used in the preparation of fragrant oils (26.302 and 303–306); the same chapter describes the purification (śuddhi) of aromatic substances and refers to techniques of gandhaśāstra (443–469); it also deals with tests giving answers about the genuineness or adulteration of fragrant substances (470–507).¹¹⁷ The chapter on masūrikā refers to the śītalātotra (59.44) and mentions some other deities to be invoked in this disease (59.42–43). The chapter on diseases in pregnant

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¹¹⁶ An unusual fever is nāsikājvara (5.1410–1413).

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¹¹⁷ The chapter on vātavyādhi has two different lists of gandhadravyas to be used in the preparation of fragrant oils (26.302 and 303–306); the same chapter describes the purification (śuddhi) of aromatic substances and refers to techniques of gandhaśāstra (443–469); it also deals with tests giving answers about the genuineness or adulteration of fragrant substances (470–507).

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women describes the ubhayatriṃśaka and ubhayapañcadaśa yantras (68.64–66); it also refers to the rākṣasī Jambhalā, who procures an easy delivery (68.67). Rāvaṇa’s Kumāratantra is quoted in the chapter on children’s diseases (71.182–193); the same chapter mentions the disorders called āhiṇḍikā (71.13 and 16)¹¹⁸ and paścādruj(a) (71.81 and 82). Each chapter closes with the enumeration of what is beneficial (pathya) and harmful (apathya) in a particular disease. The third pariśiṣṭa chapter mentions disorders called snāyudaurbalya and svapnameha.¹¹⁹

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¹¹⁸ mentions the disorders called āhiṇḍikā (71.13 and 16)

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¹¹⁹ The third pariśiṣṭa chapter mentions disorders called snāyudaurbalya and svapnameha.

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The most noteworthy feature of the Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī consists of the description of a long series of diseases, together with their treatment,¹²⁰ which are for the greater part in other āyurvedic treatises and betray the influence of western medicine.¹²¹

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¹²¹ which are for the greater part in other āyurvedic treatises and betray the influence of western medicine.

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These diseases, added in a viśiṣṭarogādhikāra (chapters 76–106) are: āmāśayaroga (76),¹²² smaronmāda (77),¹²³ gadodvega, also called apadārthara (78),¹²⁴ tattvonmāda, also called brahmamoha (79),¹²⁵ acalavāta (80),¹²⁶ tāṇḍavaroga (81),¹²⁷ snāyuroga, also called snāyuśūla (82),¹²⁸ skhalitya (83),¹²⁹ khañjanikā (84),¹³⁰ urastoya (85),¹³¹ bahumūtra (86),¹³² somaroga, mūtrātīsāra,¹³³ and madhumeha¹³⁴ (87), śukrameha (88),¹³⁵ aupasargikameha, also called pūyameha, vraṇameha, and āgantumeha (89),¹³⁶ ojomeha (90),¹³⁷ lasīkāmeha (91),¹³⁸ dhvajabhaṅga, also called klaibya (92),¹³⁹ vṛkkaroga (93),¹⁴⁰ klomaroga (94),¹⁴¹ phiraṅgaroga, also called gandharoga (95),¹⁴² snāyukaroga (96),¹⁴³ pāradavikāra (97),¹⁴⁴ śīrṣāmburoga (98),¹⁴⁵ mastīṣkavepaṇa, also called śīrṣavepaṇa and -vepathu (99),¹⁴⁶ mastīṣkacaya, also called mastīṣkavṛddhi, and mastīṣkapacaya, also called mastīṣkahrāsa (100),¹⁴⁷ amśughāta (102),¹⁴⁸ yoṣāpatantraka, also called yoṣāpasmāra (103),¹⁴⁹ yoṇikaṇḍū (104),¹⁵⁰ aṇḍādhāraroga (105),¹⁵¹ and apamumūrṣu (106).¹⁵²

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¹²² āmāśayaroga (76),

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¹²³ smaronmāda (77),

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¹²⁴ gadodvega, also called apadārthara (78),

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¹²⁵ tattvonmāda, also called brahmamoha (79),

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¹²⁶ acalavāta (80),

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¹²⁷ tāṇḍavaroga (81),

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¹²⁸ snāyuroga, also called snāyuśūla (82),

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¹²⁹ skhalitya (83),

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¹³⁰ khañjanikā (84),

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¹³¹ urastoya (85),

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¹³² bahumūtra (86),

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¹³³ somaroga, mūtrātīsāra,

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¹³⁴ and madhumeha

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¹³⁵ śukrameha (88),

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¹³⁶ aupasargikameha, also called pūyameha, vraṇameha, and āgantumeha (89),

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¹³⁷ ojomeha (90),

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¹³⁹ dhvajabhaṅga, also called klaibya (92),

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¹⁴⁰ vṛkkaroga (93),

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¹⁴¹ klomaroga (94),

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¹⁴² phiraṅgaroga, also called gandharoga (95),

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¹⁴³ snāyukaroga (96),

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¹⁴⁴ pāradavikāra (97),

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¹⁴⁵ śīrṣāmburoga (98),

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¹⁴⁶ mastīṣkavepaṇa, also called śīrṣavepaṇa and -vepathu (99),

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¹⁴⁷ mastīṣkacaya, also called mastīṣkavṛddhi, and mastīṣkapacaya, also called mastīṣkahrāsa (100),

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¹⁴⁸ amśughāta (102),

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¹⁴⁹ yoṣāpatantraka, also called yoṣāpasmāra (103),

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¹⁵⁰ yoṇikaṇḍū (104),

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¹⁵¹ aṇḍādhāraroga (105),

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Chapters 76–106 contain a number of common medicines, in particular rasayogas, thought to be specifics against diseases mentioned in these chapters.¹⁵³ Yogas described in preceding chapters (five to seventy-five) are repeatedly referred to.

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¹⁵³ Chapters 76–106 contain a number of common medicines, in particular rasayogas, thought to be specifics against diseases mentioned in these chapters.

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Religious and magical practices said to cure particular diseases are also mentioned.¹⁵⁴

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¹⁵⁴ Religious and magical practices said to cure particular diseases are also mentioned.

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The materia medica consists for the greater part of the usual āyurvedic and iatrochemical substances.

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Noteworthy names of medicinal plants and plant products are: ¹⁵⁵ ācu (54.353),¹⁵⁶ ākārakarabha (75.15), amlaloṇī,¹⁵⁷ āsāraṇa (5.672),¹⁵⁸ asraghnī,¹⁵⁹ asthikarkaṭa (5.430),¹⁶⁰ bakapuṣpa (32.39),¹⁶¹ bakapuṣpikā,¹⁶² bhadroṭkaṭa (8.392; 69.21),¹⁶³ bhekī,¹⁶⁴ bhūkūṣmāṇḍa (74.59),¹⁶⁵ bhūmikūṣmāṇḍa,¹⁶⁶ bṛhadbhaṇḍī (pariśiṣṭa 2.30),¹⁶⁷ camarīphala (45.48),¹⁶⁸ candraprabhā,¹⁶⁹ candraśūra (101.5), copacīnī (95.24), daṇḍinī,¹⁷⁰ dārusitā (16.108),¹⁷¹ dhanīyaka (37.211),¹⁷² dhavalāṅkaṭha (41.¹³⁸),¹⁷³ gandhālikā,¹⁷⁴ gandhamātṛkā (26.305; 66.33),¹⁷⁵ gandhapattraka (26.508),¹⁷⁶ ghaṭakarṇa(ka) (56.58, 72, 89),¹⁷⁷ girikanyā,¹⁷⁸ guñjākīnī (5.672),¹⁷⁹ hastiśuṇḍī (5.628; 82.20), hastiśuṇḍikā (5.658),¹⁸⁰ hemāmbhodhara (30.216), indrasūra (10.221;¹⁸¹ 45.48),¹⁸² irima (61.104),¹⁸³ jalakarṇā (14.¹²⁰),¹⁸⁴ jāmātar (56.79),¹⁸⁵ jayitrī (8.179),¹⁸⁶ kapihastaka,¹⁸⁷ kapotavaktra (36.13),¹⁸⁸ karṇamoraṭa (5.1416),¹⁸⁹ kṣaṭhamārjārikā,¹⁹⁰ kāsuṇda (54.352),¹⁹¹ keśākhya (5.575),¹⁹² kiṅkinī (65.¹⁵² and 154),¹⁹³ kūlika (72.50),¹⁹⁴ kuṇḍakhoṭī (8.217),¹⁹⁵ mahādrekā (37.210),¹⁹⁶ maurvī,¹⁹⁷ mocaka (74.230),¹⁹⁸ nāgaparṇī,¹⁹⁹ padmāṭa (54.210; 61.106),²⁰⁰ pītamūlī (98.9 and 11),²⁰¹ rājahemaka (65.154), 202 rājasvarṇaka, 203 raktapuṣpa, 204 rocana, 205 śālīñca (5.576; 10.306), śālīñcī, 206 śālmalīmocaka, 207 saurī (26.503), 208 sudhāmūlī (15.194), 209 svarṇadhustūra (5.651), 210 śvetadhūnaka, 211 tīkṣṇaparṇa (5.650), 212 tripurabhaṇḍikā or -bhaṇṭikā (5.671), 213 tṛṇaparṇa (5.210), 214 ulla (56.59), 215 vaivasvatadruma (54.364), 216 vakama, 217 and vanasarṣapa (5.670). 218

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¹²⁰ The most noteworthy feature of the Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī consists of the description of a long series of diseases, together with their treatment,

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¹³⁸ lasīkāmeha (91),

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¹⁵² and apamumūrṣu (106).

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¹⁵⁵ Noteworthy names of medicinal plants and plant products are:

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¹⁵⁶ ācu (54.353),

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¹⁵⁷ amlaloṇī,

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¹⁵⁸ āsāraṇa (5.672),

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¹⁵⁹ asraghnī,

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¹⁶⁰ asthikarkaṭa (5.430),

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¹⁶¹ bakapuṣpa (32.39),

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¹⁶² bakapuṣpikā,

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¹⁶³ bhadroṭkaṭa (8.392; 69.21),

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¹⁶⁴ bhekī,

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¹⁶⁵ bhūkūṣmāṇḍa (74.59),

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¹⁶⁶ bhūmikūṣmāṇḍa,

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¹⁶⁷ bṛhadbhaṇḍī (pariśiṣṭa 2.30),

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¹⁶⁸ camarīphala (45.48),

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¹⁶⁹ candraprabhā,

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¹⁷⁰ daṇḍinī,

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¹⁷¹ dārusitā (16.108),

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¹⁷² dhanīyaka (37.211),

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¹⁷³ dhavalāṅkaṭha (41.138),

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¹⁷⁴ gandhālikā,

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¹⁷⁵ gandhamātṛkā (26.305; 66.33),

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¹⁷⁶ gandhapattraka (26.508),

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¹⁷⁷ ghaṭakarṇa(ka) (56.58, 72, 89),

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¹⁷⁸ girikanyā,

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¹⁷⁹ guñjākīnī (5.672),

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¹⁸⁰ hastiśuṇḍī (5.628; 82.20), hastiśuṇḍikā (5.658),

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¹⁸¹ indrasūra (10.221;

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¹⁸² 45.48),

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¹⁸³ irima (61.104),

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¹⁸⁴ jalakarṇā (14.120),

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¹⁸⁵ jāmātar (56.79),

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¹⁸⁶ jayitrī (8.179),

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¹⁸⁷ kapihastaka,

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¹⁸⁸ kapotavaktra (36.13),

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¹⁸⁹ karṇamoraṭa (5.1416),

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¹⁹⁰ kṣaṭhamārjārikā,

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¹⁹¹ kāsuṇda (54.352),

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¹⁹² keśākhya (5.575),

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¹⁹³ kiṅkinī (65.152 and 154),

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¹⁹⁴ kūlika (72.50),

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¹⁹⁵ kuṇḍakhoṭī (8.217),

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¹⁹⁶ mahādrekā (37.210),

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¹⁹⁷ maurvī,

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¹⁹⁸ mocaka (74.230),

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¹⁹⁹ nāgaparṇī,

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²⁰⁰ padmāṭa (54.210; 61.106),

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²⁰¹ pītamūlī (98.9 and 11),

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Inorganic substances mentioned are rasakarpūra (95.10–11) and soraka (89.22).

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Distillation is clearly described in the verses on the preparation of mṛtasaṃjīvanī surā (5.1261–1272; 74.372–386). 219 Yantras used are the bakayantra (pariśiṣṭa 3.19), kaccapayantra (9.182), mocikā- and mayūrākhyayantra (5.1269; 74.376), and the gajakumbha (74.378). 220

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The third pariśiṣṭa chapter, containing recipes deriving from Rājeśvaraśāstrin, mentions kattīraka (51), khatamī (22), śālibāhvā (50), sāmudranārikela (42), tṛṇakānta (40), unnābaka (23), and vanapsikā (22). It refers to Yūnānī medicine (yāvana vaidyaka; 48), and gives the formula of a Yūnānī compound medicine, called yāvanaratneśvara or jawāhir mohrā (40–48).

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*The author* Govindadāsa 221 was the son of Candracūḍa and Ambikā. 222 He may have been a Bengal physician since the MSS of the Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī are found exclusively in Bengal. 223

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*Date* The work is usually assigned to the eighteenth century. 224 It has to be taken into account that chapters two and four, and in particular chapters 76–106, do not belong to the original text, but were probably added by Brahmaśamkara Miśra in the nineteenth century.

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*Guṇavilāsa* Guṇavilāsa, a Jain monk of the Kharataragaccha, wrote the Guṇaratnaprakāśikā in A.D. 1715/16. 225

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*Haṃsarāja Pippalaka* Haṃsarāja Pippalaka, a Jain, was the author of the Mūtralakṣaṇa, a work dating from the eighteenth century of the Vikrama era, i.e., about A.D. 1650–1750. 226

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