A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.34

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33 Twelve types of dantaṅhāta are enumerated and described; their names are also found in the anonymous Gajaśāstra, which adds two more. 34 They consist of: śarīra, roman, chāyā, gati, gandha, svara, varṇa, sattva. 35 The names and descriptions do not tally with those of Someśvara. 36 Four sheens are distinguished, partially different from those of Jayadatta. 37 The list resembles that of Nakula's Aśvaśāstra. 38 The three special āvartas of Someśvara are also described: devamaṇi, cakraka (= Someśvara's kaṇṭhāvarta), and rocamāna (175cd–177). 39 Compare on bullocks and cows: Arthaśāstra 2.29. 40 See on Bhoja and the medical works attributed to him: Bhoja. 41 See: Rājamārtaṇḍa. 42 CC I, 418 and 644. Check-list Nr 767. Cat. München Nr. 403. Kavīndrācāryasūcipatram: Śālihotra by Bhojadeva (Nr. 2172) and Śālihotra by Sahadeva or Bhoja (Nr. 2171). R. Nambiyar (1950): 1316–1317 (Serial Nrs. 285 and 286, Accession Nrs. 9437 and 10958). Edition: Śālihotra of Bhoja, critically edited by Ekanath Dattatraya (sic) Kulkarni, Sources of Indo-Aryan Lexicography 11, Deccan college, Postgraduate and Research Institute, Poona 1953. This edition, based on four MSS and a number of related texts, contains a useful introduction (with summary of the contents of the treatise) by E.D. Kulkarni, and a number of Appendices: I, A comparison of the text of Bhoja's Śālihotra with Nakula's Aśvacikitsā; II, Additional passages found in Bhoja's Yuktikalpataru; III, Critical notes; IV, Glossary of important and technical words in the text; V, Glossary of important words from additional passages; VI, Glossary of Indian drugs mentioned by Bhoja in his text; VII, Index verborum to the text; VIII, Index of important words in additional passages from the Yuktikalpataru. The edition was reviewed by J. Filliozat, JA 241, 1953, 539–540. 43 The corresponding passages of the Aśvacikitsā are indicated in the footnotes and quoted in Appendix I. The following verses cannot be traced to Nakula's text: 26–27, 39, 48ab, 49cd, 50ab, 69, 84–90, 92ab, 95–97, 112ab, 117, 130–138. 44 These verses correspond with chapter ten on dhātuparīkṣā of Nakula's Aśvacikitsā. 45 Compare Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra 33 (aśvaśālā). 46 CC I, 418 and 476. STMI 535. Edited by Isvara Chandra Sāstrī, Calcutta Oriental Series 1, Siddheśvara Press, Calcutta 1917 [IO.12.I.43]; references are to page numbers of this edition. See on the Yuktikalpataru: P.K. Gode (1946d); 9; R.C. Hazra (1960): 161–168; E.D. Kulkarni's Introduction to his edition of Bhoja's Śālihotra, and its Appendix II; P.A. Mankad (1935/36); R. Mukerji (1917); B.K. Sarkar (1974): I, 12–14; S.R. Sarma (1986). 47 See on other subjects dealt with: M. Chaudhuri (1976); R. Mukerji (1917; on the nauyānayukti, i.e., shipping). 48 Those not found there are reproduced in Appendix II of the edition of Bhoja's Śālihotra. 49 Quoted on mṛgaparīkṣā. 50 Quoted on the four jātis of horses. 51 Bhoja is said to follow Vātsya. 52 NCC I, 442. 53 NCC V, 229. AVI 519. A treatise on elephants, called Bṛhaspatimata (A.B. Keith, 1935: 757, Nr. 6257; STMI 535) is the same work (see NCC V, 229). Th. Aufrecht (CC I, 376) records a Bṛhaspatitantra, dealing with the different breeds of elephants. A Bṛhaspatisaṃhitā on elephants and their medical treatment is quoted by Mitramiśra in the