A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.337

v3.c46.337

The Śabdacandrikā was obviously modelled upon the Amarakoṣa. The major part of chapter one (4–311 and 338–360) corresponds to the vanaṣadhivarga of the latter work; it describes the plants in the same order and repeats the same synonyms, to which, however, many new ones are added. Verses 325cd–337 of chapter one, on lotuses and water-lilies, correspond to those on the same subject of the vārivarga of the Amarakoṣa. Chapters two and three agree with verses from the vaiśyavarga. The subjects of chapter four are mostly from the vārivarga, those of chapter five from the nṛvarga, those from chapter six from the siṃhādivarga. The verses of chapter seven agree partly with the śūdravarga, and those of chapter eight partly with the vaiśyavarga. On all these subjects the Śabdacandrikā adds synonyms from unknown sources to those found in Amarasimha's work. The names for groups of substances, found in chapter nine, are absent from the Amarakoṣa.