A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.266

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17 Explained as a type of brass (pittalajātibheda) in the commentary. Different from varta (see next note). 18 Explained as pañcarasa by the commentator; pañcarasa is the same as vartaloha, also called pañcaloha (see the commentary ad 37). 19 It is remarkable that a relatively late text like the Rasapaddhati does not describe zinc. 20 Compare Rasajalanidhi III, 227–228. 21 This type, originating from mountains, is found in numerous treatises. 22 Originating from uṣā, i.e., a saline earth. Compare Rasajalanidhi II, 104: uṣaraka, a white caustic substance, identified as carbonate of potash (sora). 23 See D. Joshi (1991a): 76. Compare Rasajalanidhi II, 115–116. 24 Mākṣika with red tints is called vimala (Rasajalanidhi II, 77). 25 See D. Joshi (1991a): 73. Compare Rasajalanidhi II, 77–78. 26 The same three varieties are found in the Rasārṇava. Some treatises mention a fourth type, black in colour (see Rasajalanidhi II, 130–131). 27 Compare Rasajalanidhi II, 131: the white variety resembles khaṭī (chalk). 28 Some treatises, for example the Rasaratnasamuccaya, distinguish a third variety, called khaṇḍākhya. 29 Compare Arthaśāstra 2.11.41; Rasajalanidhi III, 168. 30 A site in Mahārāṣṭra (see N.N. Bhattacharyya, 1991: 277–278). 31 Called Vairāgara in the commentary; see N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991: 301) on Vairāgara. 32 Compare Arthaśāstra 2.11.37–38. 33 See N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991): 88. 34 See Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 289 and 441. Many rasayogas of the Rasapaddhati are absent from the Rasayogasāgara. 35 Called tavā in the vernacular according to the commentary. Hindī tavā designates a round plate, made of metal, on which bread is baked. 36 A synonym of jambīra. 37 A synonym of arka and jambīra (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 301 and 419). 38 Vānīra is a synonym of vetasa; nīravānīra may therefore be the same as jalavetasa, identified as Salix caprea Linn. and S. tetrasperma Roxb. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1426 and 1427). 39 Bodleian c.308(5); see D. Wujastyk (1990): 100. 40 Dates assigned to the Rasapaddhati are: thirteenth century (S.K. Śarmā, 1992: 18), fourteenth century (C. Dwarkanath, 1991: 43), fifteenth century (S. Ārya, 1984: 107; AVI 462; Bhagwan Dash, 1986: 15; Siddhinandana Miśra's prākkathan to ed. b), first quarter of the seventeenth century (P.K. Gode, 1936d), and seventeenth century (ABI 414–415). G. Hāldār claims that Bindu was a haṭhayogin and the author of the Bandhutrayavidhāna (see CC I, 367: an anonymous treatise on yoga). 41 The Rasārṇava is quoted as Rasapaddhati 46–47. The Rasendracūḍāmaṇi (5.59 and 103) is quoted as Rasapaddhati 9 and 16; the sādhāraṇarasas, mentioned in the comments ad 58, agree with those of the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi. 42 An almost identical list, from an unknown source, is found in the Rasakāmadhenu (I.3. 7cd–12). 43 The spinel or balas ruby.