A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.401

v3.c46.401

After enumerating the items of a particular varga, the author gives synonyms of each of them, to which the vernacular equivalent is usually added. 468 The homonymous section of the *Paryāyamuktāvalī* is much less developed than its synonymous counterpart and covers only ardhaślokas 206–279 of the bhautikādivarga. Remarkable words are: kuliñja (2.32), ahiphena (6.49), kākendu (7.31), and jayapā-la (15.15). No particulars are known on the author. Being based on Mādhava's Ratnamālā, the Paryāyamuktāvalī is later than A.D. 800–1000. Internal evidence establishes that it cannot be earlier than about the thirteenth century; jayapāla is mentioned for the first time in the Mādhavadravyaguṇa, ahiphena and kuliñjana are found in Soḍhala's Gadanigraha, 469 and kākendu occurs in the Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu. 470 A lower limit cannot be determined by reason of the absence of quotations from the Paryāyamuktāvalī by later authors.