A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.34

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34 See Hoernle's Intr., 64–66; compare Hoernle (1909): 861–868. Contributions of the Aśvins are: II.75–77, mātuluṅgaguṭikā; 80–84, another variety of mātuluṅgaguṭikā; 85–86, gulmacūrṇa; 96–101, haridrācūrṇa; 216–222: lāśunaka- or lāśunādyaghṛta; 223–225, jvaraharaghṛta; 241–244, viṣaharaghṛta; 251–257, bindughṛta; 287–312, amṛtataila, a complicated rasāyana, used by Cyavana and Mārkaṇḍeya in order to obtain a long life, free from disease and decrepitude; 418–425, an āśvinayoga against raktapitta, taught by the Aśvins to Vāsava (i.e., Indra), but originally deriving from Brahmā; the same formula, also attributed to the Aśvins, but without the introductory verse, occurs in Soḍhala's Gadanigraha (prayogakhaṇḍa, cūrṇādhikāra 64–69) and in Vaṅgasena (raktapitta 93–98); 575; 579; 618–625, aśvagandhābasti; 716–737, pippalīvardhamānakalpa (see Hoernle's expositon, Intr. 65–66; compare Hoernle, 1909: 864–868); 773–781, an āśvinarasāyana, communicated by the Aśvins to Viśvāmitra, but deriving from Viśvāmitra himself according to the last half-verse (see Hoernle’s Intr., 64); 810–813, three gruels, to be used as aphrodisiacs; 917–949, the harītakīkalpa, as expounded by Brahmā to the Aśvins. 35 See Hoernle’s Intr., 62–63; compare Hoernle (1909): 874–876. I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas; II.35–37: laguḍacūrṇa; 71–75: śārdūlacūrṇa; 108–119: amṛtaprāśa; 127–132: mahākalyāṇakaghṛta, taught by Ātreya to Agastya; 271–276: balātaila;

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715: on caution in diet and on sexual abstinence; III.25–36: agnighṛta. 36 I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas; II.802–804: three gruels against diseases caused by deranged vāta, pitta, and kapha; a mantra is added. 37 II.225: the āśvinavaraghṛta is esteemed by Brahmā; 241: the dhānvantaraghṛta is esteemed by Brahmā; 419: the aśvinayoga against raktapitta, taught by the Aśvins to Vāsava, derives originally from Brahmā; II.917–947: the harītakīkalpa, expounded by Brahmā to the Aśvins. 38 II.784 (in prose): the bārhaspatya bṛhatkaraṇa makes a person strong and stout. 39 II.188–200: Cyavana, when of great age, was restored to youth by the cyavanaprāśa; 287–312: Cyavana regained his youth by the use of the amṛtataila. 40 II.232–240: dhānvantaraghṛta; 968–974: Dhanvantari expounds the citrakakalpa to Keśava. 41 I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas. 42 I.8 (Hārita, metri causa pro Hārīta): present among the sages in the Himālayas. 43 II.454–459: the samasaktakaghṛta is highly esteemed by Janakeśvara (i.e., the Creator). 44 II.1081: an avaleha against vomiting in children; 1097–1099: a recipe against urodghāta in children. Hoernle regards this Jīvaka as the famous physician of that name, known from Buddhist literature. V.N. Pandey and A. Pandey (1988: 13–14; see also V.N. Pandey, 1992: 235–236) are convinced that the Vṛddhajīvaka of the Kāśyapasamhitā is referred to;

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they claim that the recipes, attributed to Jīvaka, are taken from Khilasthāna 17 and 18 of the Kāśyapasamhitā. The Kāśyapasamhitā has a separate chapter on uroghātacikitsā, which does not contain Jīvaka’s formula. The Jīvaka of the Bower MS is also supposed to be the same as the Jīvaka of the Kāśyapasamhitā by Atrideva (ABI 236), G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 170–171), and B.B. Mishra (1969: 97). 45 II.935: a purgative formula. 46 I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas. 47 I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas. 48 I.9: Suśruta turns to the muni Kāśirāja for information on the properties and uses of garlic. 49 II.1010–1040: Kāśyapa’s pills against children’s diseases. So far none of the recipes has been traced in the Kāśyapasamhitā, also called Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra. V.N. Pandey (1988: 14) claim that recipes, attributed to Kāśyapa, are taken from Khilasthāna 17 and 18 of the Kāśyapasamhitā (references are not given; Khilasthāna 17 and 18 are about śotha and śūla in children, while Bower MS II.1010–40 contains recipes against many disorders). 50 II.968–976: the citrakakalpa, expounded by Dhanvantari to Keśava, i.e., Viṣṇu. 51 III.10–14: a formula for an oil against skin diseases, was given by Māṇibhadra, out of compassion, to a monk on the point of death. Māṇibhadra, well known in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist literature, is a yakṣa, famous for his friendly disposition to people in trouble. 52 II.312: Mārkaṇḍeya obtained a long life by the regular use of amṛtataila.