A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.337

v4.c62.337

752 CC II, 153. G. Mukherji (1926): 49. Cat. IO. Nr. 2762 (compare F.R. Dietz, 1833: 155–156) (it contains the first thirty-one chapters): *Śālihotra*, a systematic work on the veterinary art, so named after its reputed author, Śālihotra Muni, who is presented as a son of Hayaghoṣa and the father of Suśruta, in answer to whose questions he expounds the hayāyurveda revealed to him by Brahmā himself; according to the introductory chapter, the complete work consists of eight sections (sthāna): unnaya, uttara, śārīraka, cikitsita, kiśoracikitsā or śiśubhaiṣajya, uttarottara, siddhisthāna, and rahasya. Cat. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nr. 44762: an anonymous *Śālihotra*. B. Jawalia (1983): 330–331 (Nr. 2963: anonymous; Nr. 2964: *Śālihotrasaṃhitā* by Parāśara?). P.M. Jinavijaya (1976): 314–315 (Nr. 2793: with ṭīkā). M. Vinayasagar and D.B. Khsirsagar (1979a): 158–159 (Nr. 1405: anonymous). See on the contents of the first sthāna: Cat. IO; A.-M. Blondeau (1972): 43–45; HIM II, 366–372. G. Mukhopadhyaya (HIM II, 383–392) listed the chapter-headings (together with their English rendering) of all eight sthānas (two introductory chapters; thirty-two chapters of sthāna one; thirty-nine chapters of sthāna two; twenty-six chapters of sthāna three; nine chapters of sthāna four; six chapters of sthāna five; eight chapters of sthāna six; six chapters of sthāna seven; twenty-four chapters of sthāna eight). See on the contents of the *Śālihotra* also: *M.S. Apte, Indian Veterinary Journal 15, 1939, 415; *J. Earles (1788); S.K. Kalra (1987); *A. Krishnaswamy (1945b); U.V. Mandokhot (1987b): 130–131; S. Oloff (1981). Some diseases, mentioned in the *Śālihotra* and unknown in human medicine, are: anuṣyanda (II.11), avāluki (IV.3; the same as Jayadatta's alāvūka), ghṛṇi (IV.5), liṅgita (II.8), niryānaka (IV.2; a disease of the corners of the eyes? the outer corner of an elephant's eye is called niryāna at *Mātaṅgalīlā* 6.9 and 12.19; Gaṇa's *Sārasaṃgraha* describes a disease called nirāṇuka), pādolūka (II.30; the same as Jayadatta's ulūkapāda; compare Gaṇa's ulūkasthānaruj, which is a pādaroga), praskanna (II.7), rasaskandha (III.11; a disease of the shoulder-joint? tetanus?), śalūkī (IV.6; the same as Jayadatta's galaśalūka), śāradā (II.17; according to G. Mukhopadhyaya the name of a disease, in which there is difficulty in drinking; according to A.-M. Blondeau, 1972: 44 and 85–86, the chapter deals with tonics; compare śārada in elephants: Pālakāpya II.53), siṃhānaka (II.21; also mentioned in Gaṇa's *Sārasaṃgraha*), vāladakī (II.26; compare the disease called vāladaka in Gaṇa's *Sārasaṃgraha*), varta (II.6; probably the same as the types of varti, described by Jayadatta), and