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276 and 277 (Dravyāvalinighaṇṭu). STMI 128. Cat. IO Nr. 2736. Cat. Madras Nrs. 13283– 94. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nrs. 41871–74, 42669. Cat. Tanjore Nrs. 11298–11300. CBORI XVI, 1, Nrs. 104–109 (Dravyāvalinighaṇṭu) and 110–111 (Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu). Bāpālāl Vaidya (1982: 612) considers the possibility (he refers to verse 17 of the introduction) that the title of the work should be Dravyāvalisamuccaya. Editions: a Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu, with Telugu interpretation by Siṅgarāju Kānū Śāstrī and Piḍugu Veṅkatappā Rāu, Madras 1892 [BL.14043.c.40]; *with Telugu interpretation by Siṅgarāju Kāmā Śāstrī, publ. by Piḍugu Veṅkatakṛṣṇarow Pantulu, Hindu-ratnākara Press 1920 (compare IO.San.D.849) (this is a second ed.). b rājanighaṇṭusahito dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭuḥ, etat pustakam... ‘puraṃdare’ity upanāmakair... vaidyanārāyaṇasarmabhiḥ saṃśodhitam, Ānandāśrama Sanskrit Series Nr. 33, 1st ed., Poona 1896, 2nd ed., Poona 1925 (this is the only edition provided with an index). c Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu, with Hindi translation by G. Sharma, edited by P.V. Sharma, Jaikrishnadas Ayurveda Series No. 40, 1st ed., Varanasi/Delhi 1982; the text of this edition is basically the same as that published in the Ānandāśrama Series, with correction of a mistake (see P.V. Sharma’s Intr. to the ed., 23–24); a large number of the plants described have been identified botanically in this edition. d Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu (Hindi-guṇa-karmātmaka tippaṇī sahita), sampādaka evaṃ vyākhyākāra Dr. Jhārakhaṇḍe Ojhā and Dr. Umāpati Miśra, Śrī Ṭhakura Prasāda Smṛti Granthamālā 2, Vārāṇasī 1985. References are to b. There appear to exist three recensions of the work, in seven, nine and ten chapters respectively (NCC IX, 228; Cat. IO Nr. 2736 and Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42669: Vaidyanighaṇṭu by Dhanvantari, have nine chapters; CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 108 has ten chapters; editions b and d have seven chapters). The following studies on the Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu have been published: P.V. Sharma (1970); D.K. Kamat (1972) and (1979) (vol. I deals with the guḍūcyādivarga, vol. II with those of the śatapuṣpādivarga). Compare on the Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu: DGV IV, 272–275. 230 It is called thus in one of its last verses. 231 These numbers are slightly different in ed. d. 232 See P.V. Sharma’s Intr. to ed. e (15–17) for a summary of the introductory verses. 233 The arrangement of the Gaṇadravyāvali is similar to Su.Sū.38. 234 I.e., śāli- and pṛṣṭiparṇī (1.87–92); puṇya is not one of their synonyms. 235 I.e., māṣa- and mudgaparṇī (Nighaṇṭu 1.136–139); suparṇī is not listed as one of their synonyms. 236 I.e., snuhī (Nighaṇṭu 1.235–237). 237 It is called garjara in the Nighaṇṭu (4.69–70). 238 An exception is kṛtavedhana of the Gaṇadravyāvali (1.7), described in the Nighaṇṭu as the variety of dhāmārgava called kośātaki (one of its synonyms is kṛtavedhanī). 239 This is the usual procedure. 240 See, for example, kaṇḍodbhavā guḍūcī (Nighaṇṭu 1.8) as a variety of guḍūcī, nepāla (Nighaṇṭu 1.35) as a variety of kīrātatikta. 241 This line is regarded as spurious by P.V. Sharma (Intr. to ed. d., 7–8). D.K. Kamat (1972: XXIX) also had his doubts on its authenticity.