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A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s7: Rasarājalakṣmī

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s7

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Rasarājalakṣmī

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The Rasarājalakṣmī by Viṣṇudeva 123 is a treatise on alchemy and iatrochemistry.

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Sources mentioned are: Ātreya, Bhagavadgovinda (the author of the Rasahṛdaya), Bhāvānīmata, Caraka, Dāmodara, Hārīta, Īśahṛdaya, 124 Kākacaṇḍeśvaritantra, Nāgārjuna, Rasasāgara, Rasasudhāmbhodhi, Siddhasāra, Suśruta, Sūtamahodadhi, Svacchandaśaktyāgama, Vāgbhaṭa, Vāsudeva, Vṛnda, and Vyāḍi. 125 The Rasārṇava is by some added to this list. 126

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G. Hāldār asserts that Rāmeśvarabhaṭṭa, Viṣṇudeva’s son, wrote a commentary on his father’s work. 127

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The Rasarājalakṣmī is quoted in the Amṛtasāgara, Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī, Rasakāmadhenu, Rasasindhu, Rasayogasāgara, Ṭoḍara’s Āyurvedasaukhya, and the Yoga-ratnākara. It was one of the sources of the Āyurvedaprakāśa.

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Subjects dealt with in the Rasarājalakṣmī 128 are, according to the quotations from the work: the preparation of fermented beverages (saṃdhāna), 129 the preparation of a bīḍa in general 130 and of a haṃsapākabīḍa, 131 the liquefaction (druti) of gems, 132 the rasas 133 and mahārasas, 134 the purification of uparasasattva, 135 the varieties of mā-kṣika, 136 capala, 137 the uparasas, 138 the properties of mūrchita and baddha mercury, 139 mūrchana, 140 mukhakaraṇa, 141 jāraṇa, 142 jalaukābandha, 143 and daradākṛṣṭi.

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Formulae from the Rasarājalakṣmī are found in the Rasayogasāgara and some other treatises. 144

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Viṣṇudeva, son of Mahādeva, 145 was patronized by king Bukka I of Vijayanagar (A.D. 1356–1377). 146

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Viṣṇudeva is also called Viṭṭhala or Viṭṭhalagalaṇḍa 147 and his father Mahādevagalaṇḍa. 148 The original place of residence of the family was Elichpur (Alasapuram). 149 Descendants of Viṭṭhala are said to be still living at Gulbarga in the Deccan. 150

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Viṣṇudeva or Viṭṭhala was also the author of the Rasasindhu 151 and of four medical treatises in Marāṭhī: Hitopadeśa, Rasakaumudī, Rasaratnapradīpa, and Vaidyacakorakandrikā or Vaidyacandracakorikā. 152

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