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A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c51.s9: The Rasoddhāratantra or Rasasamhitā

A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c51.s9

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The Rasoddhāratantra or Rasasamhitā

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The *Rasoddhāratantra* or *Rasasamhitā* is an iatrochemical treatise in Hindī prose and Sanskrit verse, composed by Caraṇatīrtha Mahārāja, i.e., Jīvrām Kālidās.¹⁹⁵

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Contents The work deals with the origin, symptoms and treatment (mainly by means of rasayo-gas) of diseases.

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The *Rasoddhāratantra* is based on the following sources: *Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya*, *Āyurvedaprakāśa*, *Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī*, *Bhāvaprakāśa*, *Bṛhannighaṇṭuratnākara*, *Cakradatta*, *Caraka*, *Gadanigraha*, *Rasakāmadhenu*, *Rasaprakāśasudhākara*, *Rasarājasundara*, (*Nityanātha*'s) *Rasaratnākara*, *Rasaratnasamuccaya*, *Rasendracintāmaṇi*, *Rasendrasāmgraha*, *Śārṅgadharasamhitā*, Suśruta, *Vaidyajīvana*, Vaṅgasena, *Vṛndamādhava*, *Yogaratnākara*, and *Yogataraṅgiṇī*. Additional sources referred to are the *Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī* and *Yogaśataka*.

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The treatise ends with the *bhasmapiṣṭiprakaraṇa* of a Sanskrit version of the *Rasoddhāratantra*, accompanied by some comments in Sanskrit.¹⁹⁶ This section is concerned with the preparation and medicinal uses of the bhasman and piṣṭi of the following metals, minerals and other substances: akīka (1–4), abhraka (5–18), abhrakasattva (19–28), kāntapāṣāṇa (29–32), kāntaloha (33–47), kāsīsa (48–51), kāsīsa and godantī (52–54), kukkuṭāṇḍatvac (eggshells; 55–56), kāṃsya (57–62), kharpara (63–66), godantī (67–69),¹⁹⁷ gomeda (70–73), caturvaṅga (74–79),¹⁹⁸ jaharamoharā (80–85),¹⁹⁹ tāmra (86–97), tuttha (98–100), trivaṅga (101–105),²⁰⁰ tṛṇakāntamaṇi (106–109), nāga (110–115), indranīla (116–129), marakata (130–142), pittala (143–148), pusparāga (149–157), pañcaloha (158–167), pravāla (168–175), vaṅga (176–181), mayūrapiccha (peacock's feathers; 182–185), gaurīpāṣāṇa (186– 192), māṇikya (193–199), mākṣīkasattva (200–204), muktā (205–221), maṇḍūra (222–226), mṛgaśṛṅga (deerhorn; 227–234ab), yaśada (234cd–240), rajata (241–250), loha (251–255), lohābhra (256–259ab), ²⁰¹ varāṭikā (259cd–265), vajra (266–272), vaikrānta (273–276), ²⁰² vaidūrya (277–286), śukti (287–288), śaṅkha (289–294), saptaratna and navaratna (296–310), suvarṇa (311–315), svarṇamākṣika (316–323), saṅgeyaśaba (324–327), ²⁰³ sphāṭika (328–332), ²⁰⁴ haritāla (333–334), and hiṅgula (345–349).

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²⁰¹ lohābhra (256–259ab)

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²⁰² vaikrānta (273–276)

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²⁰³ saṅgeyaśaba (324–327)

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²⁰⁴ sphāṭika (328–332)

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Sources quoted or referred to in this section are: Āyurvedaprakāśa, Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī, Govindapādaḥ, Rasaprakāśasudhakara, Rasaratnākara, Rasaratnasamuccaya, Rasataraṅgiṇī, and Yogaratnākara.

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