A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s15: The Rasabhaiṣajyakalpanāvijñāna

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s15

Language: English

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The Rasabhaiṣajyakalpanāvijñāna

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The Rasabhaiṣajyakalpanāvijñāna by Saṃtoṣ Kumār Śarmā “Khāṇḍal”⁷⁸ is an elaborate work in Hindī and Sanskrit, dealing with rasaśāstra and with the preparation of āyurvedic medicines.

Volume one (Rasaśāstra) discusses many subjects belonging to iatrochemistry; volume two (bhaiṣajyakalpanā) describes the preparation of various types of āyurvedic medicines and of some particular well-known formulae.

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The Sanskrit passages consist of quotations from the following works and authors: Āḍhamalla, Amarakośa, Ānandakanda, Aruṇadatta, Aṣṭāngahṛdayasaṃhitā, Aṣṭāngasaṃgraha, Ātreyasaṃhitā, Āyurvedaprakāśa, Āyurvedīyaparibhāṣā by Gaṅgādhara, Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī, Bhāvaprakāśa, the Bodhinīṭīkā (by Āśubodha and Nityabodha Senagupta) on the Rasaratnasamuccaya, Cakradatta, Cakrapāṇi’s commentary on the Carakasaṃhitā, Carakasaṃhitā, Ḍalhaṇa’s commentary on the Suśrutasaṃhitā, Dhanvantarisaṃhitā, Dravyaguṇavijñāna by Yādavjī (Trikamjī Ācārya), Gadanigraha, Halāyudha, Kāśyapasaṃhitā, Kullūka’s commentary on the Manusmṛti, Mahābhārata, Nārāyaṇa, Navaparibhāṣā by Upendranāthadāsa, Nighaṇturatnākara, Pāradasaṃhitā, Purandararahasya, Rājanighaṇṭu, Rasacintāmaṇi, Rasahṛdaya, Rasajalanidhi, Rasakāmadhenu, Rasapaddhati, Rasaprakāśasudhākara, Rasarājasundara, Rasaratnākara, Rasaratnasamuccaya, Rasārṇava, Rasasaṃketakalikā, Rasataraṅgiṇī

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and its ṭīkā, Rasendracintāmaṇi and a commentary on this work by Maṇirāma Śarmā, Rasendracūḍāmaṇi, Rasendrasārasaṃgraha, Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā, Siddhabheṣajamālā, Suśrutasaṃhitā, Vaidyakarapāribhāṣapradīpa (by Govindasena), Vaijayantīkośa, Yajurveda, Yogamahodadhi,⁷⁹ Yogaratnākara, and Yuktikalpataru.