A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c45.s7: Raṅgajyotirvid
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c45.s7
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Raṅgajyotirvid
v3.c45.s7.1
Raṅgajyotirvid is the author of a monograph on the treatment of haemorrhoids, called Vicārasudhākara or Arśoghnasudhākara, written for the future Peshwā,³³² Raghunātha Rāo (1773/1774), in 1765. The surgical treatment of haemorrhoids current among the Yavana or English physicians is referred to in this work.
v3.c45.s7.2
The author mentions a number of contemporary physicians by name: Bābā Bhiṣagvarya, Bājājī Vaidya, Balvantrāya Vaidya, and Jaya Śaṃkara. Sources of the work are: Ātreyasaṃhitā, Atrisamhitā, Bhāvaprakāśa, Caraka, Cikitsāmṛtasāgara, Dhanvantariprakāśa,³³³ Sārasamgraha, Sārasamuccaya, Suśruta, Vāgbhaṭa, Vaidyāmṛta, Vṛndasaṃgraha, Yogatarangiṇī, etc.
v3.c45.s7.3
The author, son of Sūryavidhijña, was a resident of Junnār³³⁴ in the Poona district; he died after 1780.³³⁵
Linked texts (7)
- Bhāvaprakāśa — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit
- Caraka — Sanskrit
- Samūrtārcanādhikaraṇa — Atri, Sanskrit
- Yogataraṅgiṇī (Trimalla) — Trimalla, Sanskrit
- Sārasaṃgraha (Jīva Gosvāmin) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit
- Sārasamuccaya — Kulabhadra, Sanskrit
- Vaidyāmṛta (Moreśvara Dīkṣita) — Moreśvara Dīkṣita 1546, Sanskrit