A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c61.553

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prose, based on the Sārārthasaṃgraha, but with material added from other sources. K.D. Somadasa (1996): 11 (WS. 5.I): Varayogasārasannaya, a Sinhala paraphrase, attributed to Monaragammama thera (A.D. 1288–1301), on the Pali medical treatise Varayogasāra; printed: part 1, Varayogasāraya, ed. by O.T.S. Vaidyasekhara, Subhadraloka Press, Colombo 1914. 165 K.D. Somadasa (1996) (WS. 265): in Sanskrit, with synonyms in Sinhala. 166 C.E. Godakumbura (1955): 337. 167 CC: not recorded. A.K. Śāstrī (1981: 125): dating from the Mahānagara (Śrīvardhanapura) period (thirteenth century). 168 CC: not recorded. A.K. Śāstrī (1981: 125): dating from the Mahānagara (Śrīvardhanapura) period (thirteenth century). 169 CC: not recorded. A.K. Śāstrī (1981: 125): dating from the Mahānagara (Śrīvardhanapura) period (thirteenth century). 170 Editions: *a ed. by Don George Samaratunga Randunu, 1897; Śrī-Laṅkodaya Press, Colombo 1907 (see K.D. Somadasa, 1996); 3rd reprint, Ratnakara Press, Colombo 1958. *b the first five chapters have been edited by J.S. Rajasundara Arachchi (see on him: J. Liyanaratne, 1995: 128), Wellampitiya 1900. A palm leaf MS of the work, kept in the British Library *(Or. 4142), has been described and analyzed by *D.M. de Z. Wickremasinghe (1900: 55–58). See for other MSS: K.D. Somadasa (1996) (WS. 10, 11, 37, 149). See on the MSS: J. Liyanaratne (1987a): 196–197. 171 W.A. de Silva (1913: 42) regards the Yogaratnākaraya as a Sinhalese version of the Yogārṇavaya. 172 K.D. Somadasa (1996) (WS. 10: 4,557 verses). Compare W. Ainslie (1826): II, 526: Ratnakana, in 4,000 verses. 173 Fifty-six chapters according to K.D. Somadasa (1996: WS. 10). 174 As explicitly stated at the beginning of the work (J. Liyanaratne, 1986: 18). 175 K.R. Norman (1983): 163; K.R. Norman assumes that this is the Bhesajjamañjūsā. 176 K.D. Somadasa (1996) (WS. 10) regards Mōdaragama mahāthera as the author. See on the work: ABI 327; C.E. Godakumbura (1955): 335–336; J. Liyanaratne (1986a): 196–198, (1995): 131; A.K. Śāstrī (1981): 124; A. Senadhira (1995): 26. 177 The MSS mention either A.D. 1216 or 1665 as the year of completion. W.A. de Silva (1913: 42–43) was convinced that the work was completed in 1665 (see, however, the critical remarks of J. Attygalle, appended to W.A. de Silva's article). K.D. Somadasa (1996) (WS. 10) gives the same year of composition. Some MSS indicate that the Yogaratnākaraya was written during the reign of a king Bhuvanekabāhu, but it cannot be established with certainty which king of this name is meant (see J. Liyanaratne, 1987a: 196–198). K.R. Norman (1983: 163) assigns the Yogaratnākaraya to the late fourteenth century. 178 CC: not recorded. A.K. Śāstrī (1981: 125): dating from the Mahānagara (Śrīvardhanapura) period (thirteenth century).