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*Deccan College, Pune, MS Nr. 7587 (see D.V. Pandit Rao, 1984). P.M. Jinavijaya (1976): Serial Nr. 2743, Accession Nr. 22027. 11 NCC X, 29. See on this work: S. Upadhyaya (1986): 40. 12 NCC X, 27: title Nāḍivijñānīya. STMI 151: title Nāḍivijñānīya. Cat. Tanjore Nr. 11193: title Nāḍivijñānīya. S. Upadhyaya (1986: 40) mentions that a copy of the Tanjore MS has been deposited in the Vaṅgīya Sāhitya Pariṣad. Edition: Nāḍicakram (with Tamil translation and an Introduction in Tamil), ed. by K. Vāsudevaśāstrī and K.S. Subrahmanyaśāstrī, Saraswati Mahal Library Series No. 68, *1st ed., Tanjore 1955; 2nd ed., Tanjore 1990. The edition is based on MS Nr. 11193 of Cat. Tanjore. References are to the 2nd ed. The title, Nāḍīcakra, is mentioned in verses four and nine, as well as in the colophon. 13 Compare on the contents: S. Upadhyaya (1986): 40–41. 14 This number is mentioned in the Haṭhayogapradīpikā (4.18) and many Tantric works (see, e.g., M. Eliade, 1960: 240; D. Snellgrove, 1987: I, 296). Other numbers are also found (see A. Avalon, 1953: 110; M. Eliade, 1960: 240; O.P. Jaggi, 1973: V, 62). 15 Karṇika is one of the sources of the Nāḍīvijñāna (NCC III, 186). 16 The diseases revealed by these methods are called sparśa-, praśna-, and darśanaroga, terms unknown from the classical āyurvedic literature. 17 The tastes enumerated are kaṭu, tikta, uṣṇa, lavaṇa, madhura, and amla; kaṣāya is omitted and replaced by uṣṇa, which is a vīrya in āyurvedic theory. 18 Probably nocturnal emissions.