A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c61.158

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807 See CC I, 492: three authors of this name are known, a poet, an authority on kāmaśāstra, and a lexicographer. The author on kāmaśāstra is mentioned in the Pañcasāyaka (1.3). 808 The verses quoted, concerned with the pūjā of Dhavalāmukhī for the purpose of uccāṭana, are very similar to those on the same subject found in the Ṣaṭkarmadīpikā (see T. Goudriaan, 1978: 364). Here they are said to derive from the Vīratantra (see on this text: CC I, 594 and III, 125; T. Goudriaan and S. Gupta, 1981: 88; Tāntrika Sāhitya 602–603). Usually, the Mahāvidyā called Bagalāmukhī is associated with magical powers (see D. Kinsley, 1997: 37, 57, 197–201). 809 See, for example, Rasayogaśāgara, kakārādi 221. 810 NCC V, 106. 811 T. Goudriaan (1978): 257. 812 This is one of the names of Valeriana jatamansi Jones (see M. Abdul Kareem, Nr. 1676). 813 This is one of the names of Eclipta alba (Linn.) Hassk. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 653). Also identified as Wedelia chinensis Merrill (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 814 Identified as Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt = T. palmata Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1644; P.V. Sharma, 1997). Also regarded as a synonym of kāraskara (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 815 Identified as Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 816 Pikataru may be a synonym of śukataru = śīrīṣa, and sitapikataru a synonym of śvetaśīrīṣa, identified as Albizia odoratissima Benth. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 72).. 817 This may be Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Juss.) Benth. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 60). Śubhā is also regarded as a synonym of vaṃśarocanā. 818 NCC X, 119–120. See on Nityanātha: Rasaśāstra texts. 819 NCC VIII, 14. 820 NCC X, 190 and 200. STMI 163: various other works by the same author are mentioned. 821 Cat. Madras Nr. 13167; compare Nrs. 13166 and 13344: Nidānaviṣaya, similar to the Nṛsiṃhanidāna. 822 CC: not recorded. 823 CC I, 747 and III, 154: several works of this title. 824 NCC VIII, 150; X, 204. P.K. Gode (1955c). 825 NCC: not recorded. Check-list Nr. 316. STMI 163. Comparé Narasimha. 826 NCC: not recorded. STMI 163. This author may be the same as Narasimhaśāstrin (sixteenth century). 827 NCC VII, 30; XI, 125. 828 See on this work, its author and his date: P. Hymavathi (1993): 106–111, 246–248; B. Rama Rao (1974b). 829 The three diseases missing may be included in the item called catvāri. 830 Day blindness. 831 Night blindness. 832 See P. Hymavathi (1993): 246–247; B. Rama Rao (1974b). A large number of the diseases listed are absent from the Uttaratantra of the Suśrutasaṃhitā. See on the names of many eye diseases mentioned in Telugu literature: P. Hymavathi (1993): 248–249. 833 NCC XI, 179; XIII, 275–276. STMI 167. 834 NCC XI, 183. 835 NCC XI, 180. 836 NCC: not recorded. Wellcome 8498: the MS dates from A.D. 1758.