A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.410

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887 P.V. Sharma was acquainted with only one of Niścala’s quotations from the *Mādhavadravyaguṇa* at the time he edited the work; he regarded this quotation as unreliable, being found in only one of the three MSS (Intr. to his ed., 13). Later, in the Introduction (20) to his edition of Niścala’s *Ratnaprabhā*, P.V. Sharma changed his opinion on the reliability of the quotations, which did not influence his dating. 888 Intr., 16. 889 About A.D. 1250 acc. to AVI 385. 890 *Gadanigraha*, prayoga-khaṇḍa, cūrṇādhikāra 377. Jayapāla is described in the *Dhanvantari-nighaṇṭu* (1.227–228) and *Madanapālanighaṇṭu* (1.114), śilemānī in the latter (6.21). 891 Compare my earlier remarks on the *Mādhavadravyaguṇa* and other texts: G.J. Meulenbeld (1979): 72–78. 892 It is called *Bhāvasvabhāvatippaṇī* acc. to P.V. Sharma (Intr. to his ed., 17). 893 A MS of this work was discovered by Haraprasād Śāstrī in Kāthmāṇḍu (1901: 10). Compare P. Cordier (1903b: 345–346). A copy of this MS, incomplete and ending in the middle of the fifteenth varga, forms part of the Collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris (Nr. 1332 acc. to P.V. Sharma, Intr. to his ed. 17, n.1); compare J. Filliozat, Liste Nr. 168 (1332): *Meghabhaṭṭa*’s commentary on *Rātulaśārṅgadhara*’s *Vaidyavallabha*. 894 P. Cordier (1903b). Indumatī was also one of Niścala’s sources. See: Niścala. 895 P.V. Sharma, Intr. to his ed., 17. 896 CC I, 446. 897 NCC VII, 29. Check-list Nr. 193. STMI 128. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41645. 898 See: Hariścandra (commentaries on the *Carakasaṃhitā*). 899 C. Vogel, IL 329–330. G.N. Mukerjee (1934). See also E. Haas (1876): 647–650. 900 The author of the *Cikitsāmṛtasamhitā*. 901 NCC V, 197; VII, 28 (with a reference to *ASB 1907, 206). STMI 137: the *Cikitsāmṛta*, in 4,000 verses, covers the whole of medicine (STMI refers to *Haraprasād Śāstrī*’s Report, 9–10). P. Peterson (1899): Preface 22. J. Jolly (1901): Nachträge (C.G. Kashikar 151). Cat. BHU Nr. 49: the MS dates from 1433/34; the editor suggests that Milhaṇa may be one of the forefathers of Maheśvara, the author of the *Viśvaprakāśa* (A.D. 1111/12), which would make Milhaṇa belong to the eleventh century. 902 CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 235. 903 STMI 140. 904 R. Mitra’s Notices II, Nr. 779. 905 Momahaṇa and the members of his family were kṣatriyas of Vīhalagotra and were called Vāghalas. 906 CC I, 468. STMI 140. J. Jolly (1901: 5; C.G. Kashikar 6). R. Mitra’s Notices II, Nr. 779 (this MS also contains a commentary). 907 The work is also known as *Siddhacāmuṇḍā* and under several other titles; see NCC III, 110–112 and X, 18; J. Filliozat (1979): Intr. XIV; HIM III, 826; *Tāntrika Sāhitya* 87; Cat. Tanjore Nrs. 11148–59: *Siddhanāgārjunīya* or *Siddhanāgārjunapustaka*. Compare T. Goudriaan and S. Gupta (1981): 117–118 and 155 on this text and others called *Kakṣapuṭa*. See also: A.M.T. Jackson (1901); *Tāntrika Sāhitya* 87–89. An independent treatise, also called *Kakṣapuṭa* and ascribed to Nāgārjuna, was translated into Tibetan (J. Filliozat, 1940: 228 and 1948: 10–11); Rgyud XXIII, 2; a shortened version; Tibetan title: *Mchan-khuṅ sbyor-ba*. See on the meaning of the term *kakṣapuṭa*: J. Filliozat (1969): 86. 908 Edited in: *indrajālavidyāsaṃgrahaḥ, śrīmajīvanavidyāsāgarabhaṭṭācāryātmajābhyāṃ paṇḍita-śrīāsubodha-vidyābhūṣaṇa-paṇḍita-śrīnityabodha-vidyāratnābhyāṃ pratisamskṛ- taḥ prakāśitaś ca, 3d ed., Calcutta 1915, 264–390. References are to this edition. For other editions see NCC III, 110–112.