A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1206

v3.c46.1206

The chapter on jvara begins with a maṅgala addressed to the Pañcānana of Śiva. It describes tandrā as a dangerous complication of saṃnipātajvara (jvaranidāna 18). The names of the thirteen saṃnipāta fevers are: sandhika, antaka, rugdāha(ka), citta(vi)bhrama, śitāṅga or śītagātra, tandrika, kaṇṭhakubja, karṇaka, bhugnanetra or bhugnadṛś, raktaṣṭhīvin, pralāpaka, jihvaka, and abhinyāsa (jvaranidāna 20). The duration of each of these fevers is mentioned (jvaranidāna 21). Six among them are curable: sandhika, tandrika, karṇaka, kaṇṭhakubjaka, jihvaka, and cittavibhramśa; the remaining seven run a lethal course (jvaranidāna 22). The descriptions of the symptoms of each of these fevers (23–35) agree with those found in the Yogaratnākara. Two different verses on dhātupāka occur (jvaranidāna 15 and 38); the verse on doṣapāka occurs twice (jvaranidāna 16 and 39). Śīta- and dāhajvara are dealt with twice (jvaranidāna 51 and 52). Jīrṇajvara is characterized (jvaranidāna 68). Two verses are devoted to gambhīrajvara (jvaranidāna 72–73). Many verses deal with signs indicating a fatal outcome (jvaranidāna 74–80). The fevers called madhurajvara and kṛṣṇamadhurajvara are described (jvaranidāna 83–84). The chapter on the treatment of fevers also deals with jvarātīsāra (jvararogacikitsā 153–160). The chapter on the nidāna of atīsāra describes four types of pravāhikā: due to vāta, pitta, kapha and blood (atisāranidāna 18). The chapter on the nidāna of pāṇḍuroga, etc., describes pānakī (pāṇḍukāmalādiroganidāna 11). Chapters on the nidāna and treatment of somaroga are inserted between those on prameha and medoroga. The chapters on the nidāna and treatment of vraṇa deal with śārīra- and sadyovraṇa. The chapter on the treatment of upadaṃśa mentions phiraṅgaroga (upadaṃśarogacikitsā 20, 22, 23, 24, 25) and prescribes rasakarpūra (upadaṃśarogacikitsā 20). The chapters on yonivyāpatti also discuss mūḍhagarbha. A chapter on rasopadravas (hazards of using mercurial products) and vāridoṣa (disorders caused by corrupted water) is inserted between those on rasāyana and vājīkaraṇa. The chapter on vājīkaraṇa includes prescriptions for stambhana, drāvaṇa and vaśīkaraṇa, as well as puṣpanivāraṇa. An unusual name of a disorder is saṃgrahakoṣṭhadoṣa (vājīkaraṇa 15). One of the names of opium, a repeatedly prescribed susbstance, is āphīṅga (vājīkaraṇa 46). Religious elements are not infrequent at all in the prescriptions.459 The author does not reveal his name in the introductory stanzas; concluding verses are entirely absent. The description of aṣṭasthānaparīkṣā points to a date later than Cāmuṇḍa's Jvaratimirabhāskara. The references to phiraṅgaroga and its treatment indicate that the Dhanvantari is later than Bhāvamiśra.