A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c59.311

v4.c59.311

Āyurveda (Panca-karma), based on Ayurveda Saukhyam of Todarananda, Toḍarānanda-Āyurveda Saukhyam Series No. 8, New Delhi 1992; (i) Iatro-chemistry of Āyurveda (Rasa Śāstra), based on Āyurveda Saukhyam of Toḍarānanda, Toḍarānanda-Āyurveda Saukhyam Series No. 9, New Delhi 1994. See the Intr. to vol. II (13–18) for the six MSS on which this ed. is based. See for some other MSS: BDHM 3, 3, 1965, 151–153; 3, 4, 1965, 210–211. An English translation of some chapters has appeared in BDHM 3, 3, 1965, 158–160 (part of chapter 20 of vol. I of the ed.); 3, 4, 1965, 212–219 (part of chapter four of vol. IV of the ed.); BIHM 2, 1, 1972, 6–16 (chapters one and two and part of chapter three of vol. III of the ed.). 777 The chapters are listed in the Intr. to vol. II (19–29) of the ed. 778 The verses dealing with vamana and virecana have been left out (see the Preface to vol. I, 11). 779 Compare the Preface (17) to vol. II: "One may hazard the guess that perhaps the work was not finally edited, and that immediately after the compilation of the material further work was discontinued". 780 E.g., the groups of drugs called mahat- and laghupañcamūla (2.206–209 and 30.61–63). 781 Chapter nineteen gives the properties of various fruits, chapter thirty-six synonyms and properties; many fruits are described twice (e.g., āmra, dāḍima, drākṣā, tinduka), some are found in chapter thirty-six only (e.g., akṣoṭa, amṛta, añjīra, bādāma). 782 Some foods are described twice (e.g., lājā, rāgaṣāḍava). 783 E.g., āhastinī (20.48cd), āluka (20.59cd–60). 784 E.g., ārāmaśītalā (31.140cd), nākulī (31.108). 785 The volume on Materia Medica is the only one of the series edited by Bhagwan Dash and Lalitesh Kashyap that does not contain a list of sources referred to in the text. 786 The verses quoted are from Dāmodara's Ārogyacintāmaṇi (3.28, 19–20, 15 and 36). 787 This may be Bhāvamīśra's Guṇaratnamālā. 788 Verses from the Mādhavadravyaguṇa, indicated as such in the edition, are found in chapters two to six and eight to twenty-eight; not all the verses from this source have been traced by Bhagwan Dash and Lalitesh Kashyap (e.g., 2.32 = Mādhavadravyaguṇa 1.14; 2.33cd = 1.15ab). P.V. Sharma's claim (see his Intr. to the ed. of the Mādhavadravyaguṇa, 7–8) that the chapters on materia medica of the Āyurvedasaukhya contain the entire matter of the Mādhavadravyaguṇa is questionable. 789 These verses are indicated in the edition. 790 It is unknown which of the two works is the earlier one. 791 See P.V. Sharma's Foreword to the edition and the Preface of the editors. 792 Indicated as such in the edition. 793 I: 20.55cd–56ab = Soḍhalanighaṇṭu, Guṇasamgraha 255cd–256ab; 20.61cd = Guṇasamgraha 540ab; 20.62cd = Guṇasamgraha 539cd; 20.63 = Guṇasamgraha 538. 794 E.g., I: 16.1 = Dravyaguṇa, dhānyavarga 23; 16.6–7ab = dhānyavarga 35; 16.18 = dhānyavarga 27; 16.25cd–26 = dhānyavarga 42–43ab; 17.49 = māṃsavarga 1.3; 20.1 = śākavarga 1.2; 20.2 = śākavarga 1.1; 20.3ab = śākavarga 1.3; 19.2 = phalavarga 2; 19.4cd = phalavarga 4cd; 19.5ab = phalavarga 5cd. 795 The quotations from Agniveśa derive either from the Carakasaṃhitā or could not be traced there. 796 Two quotations could be traced: 1.73 = Hārītasamhitā 1.1.22–23; 2.205 = Su.Śā.4.79. 797 II: 1.37 and 3.44; 1.37 refers to Hārītasamhitā 1.2.16.