A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.258

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The Bhāgavatapurāṇa (IX, 23) is also acquainted with Romapāda and his companion Daśaratha. A group of sages granted Romapāda the boon to capture wild elephants; these sages are mentioned by name (1.5: Gautama, Nārada, Bhṛgu, Mṛgacarman, Agniveśya, Arimeda, Kāpya, Mātaṅgācārya, and others). Compare the sages mentioned in Pālakāpya’s Hastyāyurveda. 514 See on him: Pālakāpya’s Hastyāyurveda. 515 Four jātis are described: bhadra, manda, mrga, and saṃkīrṇa (mixed). These types, well known in the literature on the subject, are mentioned, for example, in the Arthaśāstra, Bṛhatsaṃhitā, Śukranīti (F. Edgerton’s translation, 1985: 50, n.2; B.K. Sarkar, 1974: I, 282–283), and Rāmāyaṇa (J. Filliozat, 1933, 167, n.1; S.S. Misra 1982: 217–218). See on these types in recent elephant-lore: F. Edgerton (1985), Introduction to his translation, 11–16; P.D. Stracey (1991): 41–42. 516 See S.S. Misra (1982): 215. 517 See S.S. Misra (1982): 224–225; P.D. Stracey (1991): 39–41. 518 Elephants from one to ten years old are described, together with their names, and the twelve stages of life of an elephant. 519 See on the height of the Indian elephant: P.D. Stracey (1991): 55–58. See also F. Edgerton’s notes to his translation. 520 Their main categories are described (sāttvika, rājasa, tāmasa) and eight subdivisions; the same chapter deals with the colour, sheen (chāyā), and the seven types of sensitiveness to stimuli of control. 521 See on must: F.G. Benedict (1936): 78; N.L. Bor (1927); R. Carrington (1958): 39–40, 54; F. Edgerton’s Introduction to his translation, 29–38; H.H. Scullard (1974): 18; P.D. Stracey (1991): 58–65. 522 See on the capture of elephants: Nārāyaṇa Dīkṣita’s Gajagrahaṇaprakāra. 523 Some disorders (by vāta, pitta, kapha: 11.38–40) and their treatment are also described. Worms are said to be the most frequent cause of disease in elephants. 524 For a long time, mahouts were imported from India in the West (see K. Karttunen, 1997: 194, 197). See on the mahout: P.E.P. Deraniyagala (1938): 143–146. 525 See F. Edgerton’s Preface to his translation, 7. 526 Some do not regard him as a Mūssatu, but as a Nambudiri (see S.V. Iyer, 1976: 54). See on the Nambudiri (Nampūtiri) brāhmaṇas: G. Tarabout (1991), (1994): 171–173. 527 NCC X, 175: other works by the same author are Kāvyollāsa, an adaptation of Mammaṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa, and Manuṣyālayacandrikā, a work on architecture (compare S.V. Iyer, 1976: 54). A.B. Keith (1973: 465) regarded the Mātaṅgalīlā as distinctly modern, being written in part in elaborate metres; he gives the name of the author as Nārāyaṇa. 528 NCC: not recorded. JAI 180: written in A.D. 1527 on the request of Cāmarāja, king of Mysore, by the Digambara Jain Padmaṇṇa Paṇḍita or Padmarasa, a pupil of Bhaṭṭākalaṅka; the work deals with the treatment of diseases of horses. Compare S. Srikanta Sastri (1984: 600): written by Padmaṇa Paṇḍita under the patronage of Cāmarāja of Mysore; Bhaṭṭākalaṅka is the author of a work on grammar, the Śabdānuśāsana, composed in A.D. 1604. 529 CC I, 141 and 336; II, 28: title Gajacikitsā, Gajavaidya, Gajāyurveda, or Hastyāyurveda. NCC XII, 74. Check-list Nr. 326 (Hastyāyurveda). Cat. Calcutta Sanskrit College X, Nr. 13 (Gajāyurveda). Cat. Mysore XIII, Nrs. 42059–60, 42062. Cat. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nrs. 44921 and 45306 (Pālakāpya). Cat. Skt. MSS N.-W. P. II, Nr. 13 (Pālakāpya). Cat.