A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.365

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*b ed. by Morarji Vaidya of Bombay, 1908/09 (BIIHM 5, 2, 1975, 106). *c ed. by Vaidya Yadavji Trikamji Acharya (together with the Vāṭaghnatvādinirṇaya of Nārāyaṇa Bhiṣaj, acc. to V. Śukla I, 239–240) (BIIHM 5, 2, 1975, 106). d Vopadeva’s Hṛdayadīpaka Nighaṇṭu and Siddhamantra of Vaidyācārya Keśava with the Prakāśa Commentary of Vopadeva, ed. by Priyavrat Sharma, Chaukhamba Ayurveda Granthamālā 1, Chaukhamba Amarabharati Prakashan, Varanasi 1977. P.V. Sharma used three MSS and the quotations from the Hṛdayadīpaka in the Śivakoṣa (see Intr. to the Hṛdayadīpaka, 13–14) in establishing his text of the Hṛdayadīpaka, and four MSS (CBORI XVI, 1, Nr 312, Cat. Madras Nr. 13379, Cat. BHU Nr. 250, *MS Nr. 44941 of Sarasvatī Bhavan, Vārāṇasī), as well as ed. a, in constituting his text of the Siddhamantra together with its commentary (see Intr. to his ed. of the Siddhamantra, 5). This ed. is accompanied by valuable introductions and has moreover an Index of the drugs of the Hṛdayadīpaka, an Index of synonyms in the Hṛdayadīpaka, an Index of drugs in the Siddhamantra, and three Appendices: I, A classified index of vegetable drugs according to their effect on doṣas; II, Vegetable drugs described in the commentary; III, Food and drinks mentioned in the text and described in the commentary. References are to d. 725 Verse two. 726 CC I, 127: ascribed to Keśava himself; compare CC I, 717, where Vopadeva is mentioned as its author. 727 Compare on the contents: DGV IV, 283–284. 728 Verse three, with commentary. 729 The importance of Khāraṇādi as a medical authority in the Siddhamantra has been discussed by P.K. Gode (1939a). See: Khāraṇāda. 730 See especially the commentary on these verses. 731 See the table (tālikā) in P.V. Sharma’s ed., 12–13. 732 See verses 5–8, with commentary. Vopadeva explains in his commentary that the term udāśīna was coined in order to solve the contradictory statements of Caraka, Suśruta and Khāraṇāda concerning the qualities and actions of medicinal substances. Compare on udāśīna(tva): Cakrapāṇi ad Ca.Ni.4.4; Hemādri ad A.h.Sū.6.117cd–118. See on the use of udāśīna in non-medical contexts: M.B. Emeneau (1968): 276–277. 733 Compare P.V. Sharma’s expositions on the contents and special features of the Siddhamantra: AVI 386; (1976a): 117–118; Intr. to his ed. of the text, 6–7. 734 See Harshe’s ed. of the Śivakoṣa, Appendix I, 166 and 168. 735 See: Hemādri. 736 P.V. Sharma’s text reads vedapurāraṇya-; MS Nr. 312 of BORI has vedapurākhya-. P.V. Sharma proposes to read, with one of his MSS, Devapura for Vedapura, which seems to him more correct if this is identical with Devagiri, the capital of the Yādava kings (Intr. to his ed. of the Siddhamantra, 4, note 2; see on Devapura: N.N. Bhattacharyya, 1991: 118, N. Dey, 1979: 55), but it is preferable to keep the reading Vedapura since it is probably identical with Vedapada where Vopadeva, Keśava’s son, resided (see: Vopadeva). 737 See on Daṇḍaka: N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991): 114; N. Dey (1979): 52. 738 Devagiri is the modern Daulatābād (V. Śukla I, 239; P.V. Sharma, Intr. to his ed. of the Siddhamantra, 4). 739 NCC V, 67–68. AVI (385) and DGV (IV, 283) have, erroneously, 1200–1247, but compare P.V. Sharma’s Intr. to the Siddhamantra, 4: 1210–1247.