A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.265

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1 CC I, 373 and 495; II, 115. Check-list Nrs. 630–632. STMI 437. R.G. Bhandarkar (1893), Nr. 234 (with Bindu’s commentary). Bodleian c.308(5) (see D. Wujastyk, 1990: 100). Cat. Berlin Nr. 970. Cat. BHU Nr. 155 (Rasapaddhati with commentary). CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 195 (Rasapaddhati with commentary). B. Jawalia (1983): 332–333 (Serial Nr. 2973, Accession Nr. 3146(1): with commentary by Mahādeva). R. Nambiyar (1950): 1306–07 (Serial Nr. 171, Accession Nr. 12115: with commentary by Mahādeva). Editions: a śrīmahādevaviracitavyākhyayā sahitā vaidyavara śrībinduviracitā rasapaddhatiḥ tathā śrīsureśvaraviracitam lohasarvasvam, saṃśodhakah prakāśakaś ca ācāryopāhvas trivikramātmajo yādavaśarmā, Āyurvediyagranthamālā, caturdaśam pañcadaśam ca puṣpam, Nirṇaya-sāgar Press, Bombay 1925 [IO.San.D.542]; *ed., 1951; this edition of the Rasapaddhati is based on three MSS: Cat. BORI XVI, 1, Nr. 195, a MS of the Bikāner collection, and one from a private collection (see Yādavaśarman’s Nivedanam to the edition). b ācārya-bindu-viracitaḥ rasapaddhatiḥ, ‘siddhipradā’-hindīvyākhyāsahitāḥ, hindīvyākhyākāraḥ Dr. Siddhinandana Miśra, Jayakṛṣṇadāsa Āyurveda Granthamālā 71, Caukhambhā Orientalia, Vārāṇasī/Dillī 1987; the order of the verses has been changed by the editor. References are to a. The title of the work is Paddhati in the introductory verse, Rasapaddhati in the colophon and in the introductory part of Mahādeva’s commentary. 2 The majority of the verses are in śārdūlavikrīḍita metre. 3 Compare V. Śukla I, 168–169. 4 See the commentary. 5 See on this tripartite division of the medical science: E. Benveniste (1945); D. Brandenburg (1969): 37–49; L.C. Casartelli (1886); G. Dumézil (1958): 21–22, (1986); R.E. Emmerick (1993): 74–75; H. Fichtner (1924): 15–20, 30–37; J. Puhvel (1970); H.E. Sigerist (1961): 202–203; K.G. Zysk (1992). 6 See on this subject: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 76; C.E.A.W. Oldham (1927). 7 See on the price of diamonds: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 77–78. 8 See on these types: S.R. Sarma’s annotations to his edition of Ṭhakkura Pherū’s Rayaṇaparikkhā, 55–57. Eight, mostly different, types of pearls are mentioned in the Mahāvaṃsa (11.14–15; see W. Geiger’s translation, 1964: 78). 9 The recipe called sudhāpippalīyoga is attributed to Ātreyasūri. 10 A mantra is said to derive from Bhāluki. 11 Candraśikhara (= Śiva) is credited with the formula of muktārājamṛgāṅkarasa. 12 The ātaṅkāntakarasa is ascribed to Nāgārjuna. 13 Viṣṇu is credited with the navajvaraharī vaṭikā. 14 See STMI 438. 15 See CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 224. 16 Anuvāsana is mentioned by Mahādeva in his commentary ad 14.