A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.154

v4.c63.154

Mahendraprabha, of the Añcala Gaccha. NCC III, 114 and X, 110: Merutuṅga's vārttika on the Kaṅkālādhyāya. H.D. Velankar (1944): 329: by Kaṅkālaya Ācārya. R.G. Bhandarkar (1893), Nr. 241 (with a commentary by Puruṣottamapurī). Cat. Berlin Nr. 964. ABI 316. AVI 461. J. Jolly (1901): 3 (C.G. Kashikar 4). Compare Rasakaṅkāli and Rasakaṅkāliya. Edition: ed., with a ṭīkā by Merutuṅga, by Paṇḍit Rāmkrṣṇa Śarmā, Kāśī Saṃskṛta Granthamālā 79, Vidyāvilāsa Press, Vārāṇasī 1930 [IO.San.D.388/79]; 2nd ed.: śrīkaṅkālayayogisīyaviracitaḥ rasādhyāyaḥ, campakakṛtasaṃskṛta-vivṛttisamavalambitaḥ, paṇḍita rāmakṛṣṇa śarmaṇā saṃpāditaḥ, rasaprabhāhindīvyākhyākāraḥ Dr. Indradeva Tripāṭhī, Kāśī Saṃskṛta Granthamālā 79, Vārāṇasī 1982. References are to the second edition. 81 The work is said to deal with dhātuvāda (6) or rasatattva (8). 82 See verse 9. 83 Compare on the contents JAI 99–102; V. Śukla I, 171–172. 84 Compare Rasakaṅkāli and Rasakaṅkāliya. 85 The commentary (ad 8–11) explains that Kaṅkālayayogin was acquainted with a total of 252 alchemical processes and products, consisting of eighty-four varieties of rasakriyā, guṭikā and añjana respectively. 86 The subjects of the chapters are indicated at the end of the commentary. 87 The term rāji is not employed in other treatises; it may be the same as what is usually called bīja. 88 Khāpara is the same as kharpara; khāparasattva is zinc. 89 See on the kaṅcukas: D.G. White (1996): 213–214. Kaṅcuka is also the term used for the long, close-fitting coat worn by the Kuṣāṇa kings and seen in images of Sūrya made during the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta periods (see on this garment: U.P. Thapliyal, 1979: 59–60). Other meanings of kaṅcuka are: a tunic-like garment (Moti Chandra, 1973: 12, 14, 107), a female bodice (Moti Chandra, 1973: 172) and the skin of a snake. 90 Compare the kaṅcukas according to the Bauddhasarvasva in the Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī (42. 13–15ab). 91 Identical with vātāṣṭhilā according to the Hindī commentary. 92 A variety of kuṣṭha according to the Sanskrit commentary. 93 Probably a misprint for durbhita, which is the same as sidhma (see the commentary ad Haramekhalā 4.140). 94 The same as bhrama according to the Hindī commentary; compare ghūrmi (Hitopadeśa 4.107: = tandrā). 95 The term paṭasāraṇa is employed in the Āyurvedaprakāśa (1.54ab), Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī (42.17–18) and Rasamārtaṇḍa (see the bhūmikā to the edition of the Ānandakanda, 20, and the commentary ad Āyurvedaprakāśa 1.24ab); a variant of the term is paṭṭasāraṇa. 96 This series is unusual; dīpana includes dīpana; see 113–115), garbhadṛuti, bāhyadṛuti and cāraṇa are absent; pratisāraṇa is a distinct saṃskāra; śodhana, mukhakaraṇa and māraṇa are uncommon saṃskāras; mukhakaraṇa is also a saṃskāra in the Bṛhadyogatarangiṇī (42.17–18). 97 Eleven different herbs are used to remove the seven kaṅcukas and five doṣas: arka, aśvagandhā, bīyā, brahmavṛkṣa, citraka, kaṭutumbī, kudhya, nāhī, triphalā, vajrakanda, and vajrī; citraka is mentioned twice; the process consists of twelve steps. 98 See on pakṣaccheda: J.R. Gauṛ and H.S. Śarmā (1992); Purohit Cetanā (1992); Yoginee Mulay (1992).