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and Rasaratnapradīpa (CC I, 495, 496, 518, II, 116 and 121; ABI 320; Vṛddhatrayī 470). Atrideva (ABI 320) and G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 470) regard this Rāmarāja or Rāmarāya as the minister of Sadāśiva Rāya (middle of the fifteenth century) of the Vijayanagar kingdom, who was a mere puppet in the hands of his minister. Compare on Rāmarāja's identity: Rasaratnapradīpa by Rāmarāja. 156 CC II, 121. 157 NCC X, 29; X, 109 (Nārīprakāśa by Śaṃkarasena); X, 291: said to be a commentary on Kaṇāda's Nāḍīvijñāna. STMI 194. Editions: a edited, together with Kaṇāda's Nāḍīvijñāna, by Nandalāl Vidyāratna Kavirāñjana, Calcutta 1887. b Science of Sphygmica, or Sage Kaṇād on pulse, translated by Kavirāj Russick Lāl Gupta, *Calcutta 1891; repr., Indian Medical Science Series No. 6, Delhi 1987; this edition contains the Sanskrit text and a paraphrase in English of Śaṃkarasena's work. c Nari Vijnana or An exposition of the pulse by the renowned physician-sage, Sankara Sen, and the celebrated sage, Kanada, translated into English from the original Sanskrit by Kaviraj Dhurmo Dass Sen Gupta, Calcutta 1893; this edition contains the text and an English translation of Śaṃkarasena's Nāḍīprakāśa and Kaṇāda's Nāḍīvijñāna, supplemented by an essay on air, bile and phlegm, and extracts (from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā), with an English translation, on signs presaging death. d Nāḍīprakāśa by Śaṃkarasena, saṭīka, and Kaṇāda's Nāḍīvijñāna, with Bengali translation by Nagendranātha Sena, Nagendranātha Steam Printing Works, Calcutta 1914 [IO. San.807(h)]. *e Sankara Sen, Nadiprakasam with Sanskrit commentary and Bengali translation, edited by Kalipada Vidyaratna, Calcutta (see J.C. Sikdar, 1988: 49). A condensed English rendering of the Nāḍīprakāśa is found in J.C. Sikdar (1988: 89–135). References are to page numbers of b. The title of the treatise is Nāḍīprakāśa in one of the introductory verses, Dhamanīprakāśa in the concluding verses. 158 J.C. Sikdar (1988) describes the contents of three chapters, exclusively devoted to nāḍīparīkṣā. 159 The text edited by K.R.L. Gupta and that by Dhurmo Dass Sen Gupta have four chapters and also deal with other forms of parīkṣā (ārtava-, retaḥ-, mūtra-, nāsā-, āsya-, netra-, and jihvāparīkṣā) in the second half of chapter three. 160 More than sixty verses from Kaṇāda's work are found in the Nāḍīprakāśa; J.C. Sikdar's claim (1988: 68) that thirty-two verses were borrowed does not least apply to K.R.L. Gupta's text. Śaṃkarasena's quotations from Kaṇāda deviate sometimes slightly from the printed versions of the latter's work (see J.C. Sikdar, 1988: 52, 53, 54, etc.); additions to Kaṇāda's text also occur (see J.C. Sikdar, 1988: 60 and 61). 161 The contents of chapter four resemble those of texts on svarodaya or svaraśāstra. 162 Probably the work of this title ascribed to Vaidyacintāmaṇi or Narasimhakavirāja. 163 See ed. b, pages 5 and 7. 164 Probably identical with the Nāḍīprabodhaka. See S. Upadhyaya (1986): 42. 165 See H.H. Risley (1981): a synonym for Vaidya in Bengal. 166 See the concluding verses of chapter four. VśS, Preface 7: Śaṃkarasena is probably identical with Śaṃkara, the author of the Vaidyavinoda and Rasaśaṃkara. 167 J.C. Sikdar (1988): 51, 66–68. 168 See the introductory verses.