A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.748

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498 Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 499 The followers of Prabhākara, who wrote the Bṛhatī on Śabarasvāmin’s commentary on Jaimini’s Pūrvamīmāṃsāsūtra. 500 An important authority on gandhaśāstra, quoted several times: on the five types of nakha or nakhī and the purification of a number of fragrant substances. One long quotation consists of eighteen verses, which refer to Dattaka, Nāgārjuna and Rambharāma. Vātavyādhi 258–263 and 266–268ab are borrowed from Pṛthvīsiṃha. G. Häldär (Vṛddhatrayī 55) places Pṛthvīsiṃha in the ninth or tenth century. 501 Absent from G. Häldär’s list. 502 Quoted on the purification of mercury. 503 Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 504 Quoted on kṣīrapāka. 505 On the identity of a medicinal plant. 506 Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 507 On the Rāḍhīya tradition concerning the identity of a medicinal plant. 508 I.e., Vijayarakṣita. Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 509 I.e., Vijayarakṣita. 510 Compare Cakratippaṇī. 511 A commentator on the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Absent from G. Häldär’s list. 512 The name of a king. 513 Mentioned in a quotation from Pṛthvīsiṃha on the preparation of gandhataila. G. Häldär (Vṛddhatrayī 55) regards him as a pupil of Dentaka (= Dattaka) and places him in the eleventh or twelfth century. 514 A quotation on the medicinal use of inorganic substances. 515 Not mentioned by D.Ch. Bhattacharyya and G. Häldär. 516 A recipe is quoted. 517 Ad Cakradatta, atīsāra 31–32 = Paryāyaratnamālā 1649–1651; the remark ad rājayakṣman 65–66 refers to Paryāyaratnamālā 1748. D.Ch. Bhattacharyya (1947b: 147) and P.V. Sharma (1993: Intr. 23) attribute the Ratnamālā, erroneously, to Govardhana. G. Häldär (Vṛddhatrayī 53) was right in identifying it as Mādhava’s Paryāyaratnamālā. 518 G. Häldär (Vṛddhatrayī 53) regards it as Buddhabhaṭṭa’s Ratnaparīkṣā. 519 Not mentioned by D.Ch. Bhattacharyya and G. Häldär. 520 A verse on the bad effects of unpurified mercury. 521 I.e., Ravigupta. 522 Bhaṭṭoji Ravigupta. 523 Not mentioned by D.Ch. Bhattacharyya and G. Häldär. 524 This may be a lexicon or a grammar. See CC I, 534. Absent from G. Häldär’s list. 525 Vācaspati’s lexicon of this title. See C. Vogel, IL 306–307. Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 526 Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 527 The long formula of śivaguṭikā (rasāyana 167–189) is said to be from the Śaivasiddhānta. 528 Not mentioned by D.Ch. Bhattacharyya and G. Häldär. 529 The same as Śaivasiddhānta: the formula of śivaguṭikā was borrowed from the Śaivatantra. 530 Not mentioned by G. Häldär. 531 Nasya 8–10 is from the śālākya. 532 Not mentioned by D.Ch. Bhattacharyya and G. Häldär. 533 The five kṣīrivṛkṣas are listed: udumbara, vaṭa, aśvattha, madhūka and plakṣa.