A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c60.8.4

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Compare Ca.Śa.7.4, Su.Śā.4.4, A.Śā.5.17, which disagree with the Nāḍicakra. 31 Fever is said to be of sixteen types: seven doṣic varieties, five irregular fevers, and four āgantu fevers. 32 These verses on udāvarta are from an unidentified source. 33 These verses are from an unknown source. Verse 272 enumerates four garbharogas: upaviṣṭakagarbhaka, nāgodara, mallaka, and mūdhagarbha. 34 The lowest of the cakras. See A. Avalon (1953): 154, 331–356; S. Dasgupta (1975): II, 355; O.P. Jaggi (1973): V, 64. 35 I.e., the anāhatacakra. 36 The Haṭhayogapradīpikā (4.73) mentions a viṣṇugranthi at the throat, where the viśuddhacakra is located. R.K. Sen (1966: 363) says that the anāhatacakra is called viṣṇugranthi (= harigranthi), while the ājñācakra is known as rudragranthi. 37 The uppermost of the cakras. See A. Avalon (1953): 420–459; O.P. Jaggi (1973): V, 64–65. 38 C. Dwarkanath (1991: 43 and 157) placed the work in the twelfth century, much earlier than the Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā, composed, in his opinion, in the first part of the fourteenth century. 39 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nrs. 41891 and 41893. 40 NCC X, 27. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41890: catalogued under the title Nāḍīcakra, but the first line indicates that it should be called Nāḍicakranirṇaya. 41 NCC X, 27. Cat. Madras Nr. 13341. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr.