A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.34.2

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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;