A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.34.1

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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;