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A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.371

A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.371

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v4.c57.371

94–102 (the formula of mayūraghṛta); IX: 1.87 (eight pala of fresh drugs and liquids constitute one kuḍava, but four pala in the case of dried drugs), 190 (substances to be added to a nirūha, also when not specified in the recipe), and 250 (the proper doses of śilājatu). 93 *Yogataraṅgiṇī* 27.33–36 (the formula of chāgalādighṛta); *Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī* 1.11 (on diseases caused by karman) and 13.36 (mentioned as a medical authority; the same verse is quoted by Kṣemāśarman). 94 Ad *Mādhavanidāna* 2.15cd–16 and 37–38; 3.21; 16.5; 26.1; 40.17ab; 61.6cd–7 (these quotations also occur in the Madhukośa). 95 A.h.Ni.2.62–63ab and A.s.Ni.2.64cd–65 quote a verse of Hārīta (compare *Hārītasaṃhitā* III.2.148–150); A.s.Sū.1.11–12: mentioned as a medical authority who wrote his own treatise. Hārīta is referred to in Vāgbhaṭa's *Vaidūryakabhāṣya* on the A.h. (P. Cordier, 1903a: 614). 96 Ad *Triśatī* 20. 97 Ad *Mādhavanidāna* 1.5d–6; 2.15cd–16, 37–38, 61cd–65, 66cd–74ab (a statement common to Hārīta and *Vṛddhavāgbhaṭa*: = A.s.Ni.1.19–20ab; compare *Hārītasaṃhitā* II.6; the second quotation, a verse borrowed from Hārīta by Vāgbhaṭa, and identical with A.h.Ni.2.62cd–63ab = A.s.Ni.2.65, is found in a number of other works); 3.21; 8.2; 16.5; 22.57cd–58ab; 26.1; 29.6. 98 Mentioned as a source in the *Āyurvedavijñāna*. 99 *Virasimhāvaloka* 2 and 75 (the formula of mṛdvīkāsava). 100 Mentioned as one of the sources. 101 Quoted in one MS (ad *Siddhamantra* 5; see P.V. Sharma's edition); the quotation, attributed to Harīścandra in the other MSS, is said to be from Hārīta in Hemādri's comments ad A.h.Sū.6.75cd–78. 102 *Yogaratnākara* 493 and 635. 103 Ad *Cakradatta*, *jvara* 18. 104 Another *Vṛddhahārīta* is a work on dharmaśāstra (see Kane I.1, 134–135). 105 *Yogaratnasamuccaya* 31.231–240 and 779. 106 Ṭoḍara II: 6.13 (a verse on pulse examination); IX: 1.61 (a śukti is equivalent to half a pala in particular types of recipes), 502–504 (doses of medicines for children and young people up to sixteen years, adults, and persons older than seventy). 107 See: Trimalla. 108 *Yogaratnākara* 6 (the same verse is found in Ṭoḍara's *Āyurvedasaukhya*; an ardhaśloka is added). 109 *Yuktikalpataru*, p.169 (the quotation deals with the origin of metal ores). 110 The *Ātreyasaṃhitā* described by R. Mitra (Notices VIII, Nr. 2633) is probably a version of the *Hārītasaṃhitā*. 111 Some formulae ascribed to Ātreya were collected by G. Mukhopadhyāya (HIM II, 434–439). Compare Kṛṣṇātreya. 112 Auto-commentary ad *Bhiṣaksarvasva* 2.191–192: three verses on the anatomy of the bowels which show the influence of western medicine. 113 *Amṛtasāgara* III.26 (p.190): the characteristics of six types of prameha (pūya-, takra-, piḍikā-, śarkarā-, ghṛta-, and atimūtraprameha) are described according to the *Ātreyamata* (compare *Hārītasaṃhitā* III.28.3–4, where pūya-, takra-, śarkarā-, and ghṛtaprameha are mentioned among a longer series of types of this disorder); IV.26 (p.426–427): seven prescriptions against pramehapiḍikā, borrowed from Ātreya.

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