A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.152

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675 R.E. Emmerick (1971b: 364) observed on the origin of the nighaṇṭus: "It may be that these vocabularies, called in Sanskrit nighaṇṭu- or nighaṇṭaka-, are earlier than the commentaries and that the latter merely represent the application of the nighaṇṭus to particular passages or it may be that the nighaṇṭus are merely late summaries of the material scattered through the commentaries. The matter has not yet been investigated. Nighaṇṭu-type lists occur already in the Kalpasthāna of Caraka, e.g. 3.3–4". P.V. Sharma, reflecting on the origin of the nighaṇṭus, remarked that it may be that the old saṃhitās had a nighaṇṭu appended to them as a supplement (AVI 372–373). 676 R.E. Emmerick (1971b: 365. 677 See P.V. Sharma (1973). The word is also found in the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha ((U.6.51) and Hārītasamhitā. See on tulasī, the holy basil: H.A. Ackworth (1890–1892); L.A. Babb (1975): 107–108; *S. Chandola (1976); G.R. Ghosh (1995); Hobson-Jobson (s.v. toolsy); B. Laufer (1967): 586–590; M. Monier-Williams (1891): 333–335; K.R. Pisharoti (1935); *P.G. Shah (1938); T.J. Solomon (1970/71): 41–42; W. Ward (1981): 161. 678 Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 1483. Nāgabalā is sometimes identified as Sida alba Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1483), but its identity is disputed (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972). 679 Mahāśyāmā is found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. It is sometimes regarded as Ichnocarpus frutescens R.Br. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 897), but its identity is disputed (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972). 680 Khapura is identified as Areca catechu Linn. and the exudation of Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 152 and 258). Compare T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 681 Surasī is identified as Naringi crenulata (Roxb.) Nicolson = Hesperethusa crenulata (Roxb.) M. Roem. = Limonia crenulata Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1160). See on the nomenclature: S.S.R. Bennet (1987). 682 Tripuṭaka is found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Sū.46.27). 683 Muruṅgī is usually a synonym of śigru, vāyaśī or kākamācī. 684 This may be Ctenolepis cerasiformis Naud., known as akṣipiḍaka (found in the Carakasaṃhitā) and śaṅkhinī. The botanical name is absent from WIRM, but see Hooker II, 630; see for the identification: M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 518. 685 Aśvagandhā is frequent in the Carakasaṃhitā, etc. 686 Nandivṛkṣa is found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 687 Dhava is found in the Carakasaṃhitā, etc. 688 Rāsnā is found in the Carakasaṃhitā, etc. 689 Yavatiktā and saptalā are found in the Carakasaṃhitā, etc. The identifications of yavatiktā disagree with those of saptalā. 690 It is of course older than the earliest dated MS, that is, anterior to A.D. 1114 (R.E. Emmerick's edition II, 5). 691 P.V. Sharma (1976a): 100–101. 692 Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, *MS R.Nr. 3358; see BDHM 2, 3, 1964, 159–162 and 3, 2, 1965, 106. 693 See: various anonymous works. 694 See: various anonymous works. 695 The author mentions his name in verses 1 and 400. 696 NCC VII, 25–26; VIII, 193. The title of the work is mentioned in verses 1, 86, and 400. An alternative title of the Cikitsākalikā is Yogamālā (NCC VIII, 193); compare Cikitsā-