A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c61.121

v4.c61.121

References are to c, ed. 1934. The author calls his work Paribhāṣāpradīpaka (1.2). 444 A process in which drugs are boiled in a fatty substance. 445 The verses quoted from the Amoghatantra are largely the same as those from Amogha in Śivadāsasena’s commentary on the Cakradatta (rasāyana 79). The Amoghajñānatantra is cited by Niścalakara, Amoghācārya by Trivikrama. G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 52) ascribes the Amoghajñānatantra to an Amoghavaidya of the twelfth century. 446 An otherwise unknown author, not recorded in the NCC. 447 More than one work of this title is known. 448 The verse from the Keśarīṭikā, a work mentioned nowhere else (not recorded in the NCC), is identical with Siddhayoga 1.51–52ab and Cakradatta, jvara 28. 449 Paribhāṣāpradīpa 70 is also attributed to Patañjali or his Pātañjala in Śivadāsasena’s commentary on the Cakradatta (rasāyana 81), and Āśubodha (and Nityabodha Senagupta’s commentary on the Rasaratnasamuccaya (5.136–140). Paribhāṣāpradīpa 71 and 73 are said to be from the Pātañjala in Śivadāsasena’s commentary on the Cakradatta (rasāyana 81). 450 Many more verses than those indicated in the edition are found in the Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā; examples are: 2.6 (= Śārṅgadhara II.1.2); 2.8 (= II.1.4); 2.9 (= II.1.3); 2.10 (= II.1.5); 2.14–15 (= II.1.21–23ab); 2.17–18 (= II.5.1–2); 3.26 (= II.9.2); 3.34–37 (= II.9.9–12ab); 4.23–30 (= III.3.1–9); 4.31–33 (= III.3.14–16); 4.34 (= III.3.18); 4.37–39 (= III.4.1cd–3); 4.40–45 (= III.4.6cd–12); 4.46–47 (= III.4.15cd–17ab); 4.61 (= III.8.2); 4.63 (= III.8.3); 4.74–75 (= III.8.16cd–18ab). 451 Paribhāṣāpradīpa 62–63 is said to be from a treatise called Yogaratnākara in Śivadāsa’s commentary on the Cakradatta (rasāyana 67–72). 452 These comments, absent from ed. e, may have been added by Āśubodha Bhaṭṭācārya, but they may as well derive from someone else. 453 An unknown work, not recorded in the NCC. 454 This Nārāyaṇadāsa appears to be the reviser of Śrīkaṇṭha’s Kusumāvalī. See the Kusumāvalī ad Siddhayoga 1.51–52. 455 Obviously the same as Nārāyaṇadāsa. 456 It is not clear which Yaśodhara is quoted. 457 See on authors called Śrīkānta: CC I, 667–668 and III, 138. 458 NCC VI, 208: name with a question mark. 459 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nr. 45377 (compare AVI 318). Aufrecht (CC I, 167 and 694) ascribes this work to a Govinda whom he credits with the Rasahṛdaya and Rasasāra. Bhikṣu Govinda, the author of the Rasahṛdaya, is sometimes referred to as Govinda Vāgbhaṭa (see R.C. Majumdar, 1971: 233). Compare Govindasūnu. 460 NCC VI, 70: (Mahārājādhirāja) Gurudattasiṃha, author of Yogaratnāvalī and Rasaratnāvalī. STMI 67: the MS dates from 1837/38. 461 NCC VII, 31. AVI 308: Cikitsādīpikā by Harānanda. STMI 78: an exhaustive work in prose and verse on the treatment of diseases and the preparation of medicines; the author mentions that his work is an expansion of the Cikitsāratna by Jagannāthadatta. H. Śāstrī, Notices I, Nr. 114 (p.107–114: table of contents); 6,925 ślokas; dating from A.D. 1793/94. 462 Written in Prakrit according to Rājkumār Jain (1981: 90). 463 CC and NCC: not recorded. Check-list Nr. 197. STMI 78: a medical work in 360 verses. 464 NCC VII, 31. 465 NCC XI, 239. The title of the work is mentioned in ardhaślokas 1.10 and 23.288, the name of the author at 23.295. Editions: