A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1249

v3.c46.1249

KARMAVIPĀKASAṂHITĀ. 813 This work, in the form of a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī, teaches, like the Vṛddhasūryāruṇasaṃvāda, through examples. The text describes the lives of individuals born when the moon is in each of the 108 ‘feet’ or quarter-parts of the nakṣatras, traces their incarnations down to the present one, describes the ripening of their karman in this life, including diseases, and discloses the prāyaścitta or śānti rituals by which they may be cured of their ills. The earliest known MS dates from A.D. 1726. 814