A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c59.23

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16 The Laghutrayī consists of the Mādhavanidāna, Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā and Bhāvaprakāśa; the Carakasaṃhitā, Suśrutasaṃhitā and Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā are collectively known as the Bṛhattrayī. 17 The story of the descent of āyurveda is told twice, with Ātreya and Bharadvāja as the protagonists. The assembly of sages is described in the second version (1.35–43ab) and differs somewhat from that in the Carakasaṃhitā: Garga, Gobhila, Hārīta and Parāśara are added, while Abhijit, Aśmarathya, Badiśa, Bhikṣu Ātreya, and a number of other sages are absent. 18 See on Śeṣa: Patañjali. See also: J. Gonda (1954): 151–152. 19 Compare on the nighaṇṭu: DGV IV, 291–292; V. Dvivedī (1966): 233–242. 20 See on samaśarkaracūrṇa (cikitsā 12.35–36) and maricādyacūrṇa (cikitsā 12.39–40): R.R. Desāī (1978): 475. 21 The formula of madanamañjarīvaṭī is ascribed to him. Compare Rasayogasāgara, pakārādi 503. 22 Quoted on the nāḍī called samīraṇā, located in the madanātapatra, a part of the female genitals. The madanātapatra is probably the clitoris (see K. Mylius, 1995: 176–177). Candramauli is mentioned in the Pañcasāyaka (see R. Schmidt, 1911: 50). 23 The recipe of kaṇḍūrākṣasataila, attributed to Hārīta. 24 This may be Bhāvamiśra's Guṇaratnamālā. 25 It is not clear which work is quoted. 26 The source of the first quotation is unknown; the second one is from the Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu (māṃsa 58). 27 Compare these lists with the one compiled by P.V. Sharma (1972a): 73–74 (see for the same list, without references, AVI 188–189); additional sources, mentioned by P.V. Sharma, are: Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya, Aṣṭāṅgasamgraha, Bheḍa, Cikitsākalikā, Rājanighaṇṭu, Rasaḥṛdayatantra, Rasaratnasamuccaya, Rasendramaṅgala, Rasendrasārasamgraha, Rugviniścaya, Triśatī and Varāhamihira (verification proved impossible due to the inexact references). Several references to sources may be due to the editor of ed. m; examples are: Ātreya (cikitsā 1.30), Brahmapurāṇa (5.164), Cakradatta (cikitsā 1.26), Dhanvantari (cikitsā 1.272). 28 E.g., Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu 191ab = Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu 1.70ab; guḍūcyādi 263 = 2.38ab; āmrādi 83ab = 5.72ab. 29 E.g., Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu, guḍūcyādi 132ab and ef = Madanapāla 1.320; guḍūcyādi 258–259ab = 1.262; guḍūcyādi 297 = 1.292 a-d; guḍūcyādi 307 = 1.316. 30 E.g., Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu, dhānya 79ab = Rājanighaṇṭu, śālyādi 126ab. It depends on the date of the Rājanighaṇṭu whether or not it can have been one of Bhāvamiśra's sources.