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950 CC: not recorded. Cat. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nr. 45274 (compare AVI 315). 951 CC III, 112 and 143. CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 305. 952 CC: not recorded. Bodleian d.735(6) (see D. Wujastyk, 1990: 107: mainly alchemical, with many quotations). 953 NCC I, 376 (alternative title: *Arkacikitsā*). Check-list Nrs. 28 (*Arkacikitsā*) and 29 (*Arkaprakāśa*). STMI 181–182: *Arkacikitsā* or *Arkaprakāśa*. Cat. BHU Nr. 7: *Arkacikitsā*. Cat. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nrs. 44929, 44930, 44931 (by Laṅkānātha). CBORI XVI, 1, Nrs. 12–13. Kavīndrācāryasūcipatram, Nr. 925. In some MSS the title appears to be *Rājamārtaṇḍa* (see HIM II, 427). A title is not mentioned in the body of the text, only in the colophons. Mādhava's *Āyurvedaprakāśa* is sometimes, erroneously, called *Arkaprakāśa*. An *Arkaprakāśa* is also attributed to Vyāsapaṇḍita (AVI 444). 954 Editions: a with Hindī commentary by Paṇḍit Devīsahāya-jī, Navalakīśora Press, Lucknow 1887 [IO.336]; 4th edition, Lucknow 1897; this edition also contains a treatise called *Vaidyatilaka*; b with Bengalī transl. by Kavīrāja Sureś Chandra Gupta Śāstrī, Calcutta 1893. c *Arkaprakāśa*, a treatise on the pharmacology and therapeutics of the distillates of various drugs by Rāvaṇa, with a Telugu commentary "Vidyotha" by Paṇḍit D. Gopalacharlu, Āyurvedāśrama Series 7, Ayurvedic Printing Works, Madras 1914 [IO.12.I.36]. d laṅkādhipati-rāvaṇa-kṛta arka-prakāśa, bhāṣā-ṭīkā-sahita, Sukha-samcāraka Machine Press, Muttra 1930 [IO.San.D.855]. *e with Malayāḷam commentary, Quilon 1934. f *arkaprakāśa*, bāṃsavarelīnivāsī paṇḍita-mukundarāmakṛta-bhāṣāṭīkā sahita, Lakṣmī-veṅkateśvar Press, Bombay 1956; *Bombay 1990. g śrī laṅkādhipati rāvaṇācārya praṇīta arka prakāśa, mathurā nivāsī śrīkṛṣṇalāla kṛta bhāṣā ṭīkā sahita, Bambaī Bhūṣaṇa Yantrālaya, n.d. The *Arkaprakāśa* also forms part of volume one of the *Nighaṇṭuratnākara*, ed. at Bombay in 1906 (see: *Nighaṇṭuratnākara*). References are to ed. f. See on *arkas* and the *Arkaprakāśa*: S.K. Arya and V.D. Agarwal (1985); Damodaran Suresh Kumar (1992). 955 Compare on the contents: S.C. Banerji (1992): 174, 176, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184, 185, 186, 198, 199, 202, 208, 212, 214, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 228, 229, 233, 235, 235–236, 236, 239, 241, 243, 244, 246, 248, 249, 252–253, 253, 254, 255, 257. 956 The treatise contains 945 verses according to STMI (181–182), while one MS has 1040 verses. 957 The first sixteen verses of the *Arkaprakāśa* have been edited and translated into French by J. Filliozat (1937): 173–75. 958 This is a Tantric practice belonging to sarasāśtra. 959 The type called ariṣṭa is regarded as belonging to the group of the *arkas*. 960 See on uses of human corpses: R.P. Das (1988); A. Wezler (1992). 961 The goddess Cāmuṇḍā is mentioned. See on her connection with vaśīkaraṇa: G. Wojtilla (1990). 962 Compare, for example, *Arkaprakāśa* 6.6 and *Cakradatta*, ślipada 2; 6.27 and bhagna 8; 7.1 and kṣudraroga 115; 7.41 and nāsāroga 5. See on this subject: D.S. Kumar (1992): 56–57.