A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.466

v4.c63.466

144 Additional subjects of chapter twenty-four are apacī, gaṇḍamālā and arbuda. 145 Subjects of chapter twenty-five are kṣudraroga, stanavidradhi, liṅgaroga, yonivyāpad, ślīpada, snāyuka, bhasmaka, viṣa, etc. 146 A disease caused by corrupted blood according to the commentary on ed. d. 147 Vardhma is obviously identical with vṛddhi, which is of seven types. 148 A garbhasrāvī is a woman whose pregnancies end in abortion. 149 A woman whose pregnancies end in stillbirth or in the early death of the child (see 22.59). 150 A woman bearing only female children. 151 A woman bearing one child only. 152 Pinasa is usually of five varieties. 153 The same as indraviddhā of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ni.13.11). 154 Koṭha and utkoṭha are also kṣudrarogas in Vāgbhaṭa's works. 155 Prasupti is also a kṣudraroga in Vāgbhaṭa's works. 156 This disorder is unknown from other medical works; the commentary of ed. d supposes it to be an error for cipya. 157 Unknown from other treatises. 158 The same as jālagardabha. 159 Probably identical with mukhadūṣikāḥ. 160 The commentator of ed. d regards it as identical with gandhamālā of the Mādhavanidāna (55.15). 161 See the commentary of ed. d. 162 The same as araṇī (Hindi commentary ed. m). Called āgiyā in the vernacular (commentary ed. d), i.e., Striga asiatica (Linn.) Kuntze = S. lutea Lour. (see WIRM X, 55; compare S.S.R. Bennet, 1987). 163 The root of citraka and the nut of bhallātaka (commentary ed. d). 164 A drug from a foreign country (commentary ed. d). 165 Identified as Acacia pennata Willd. (see A. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 21). 166 A variety of devadāru (commentary ed. d). 167 The same as candramallikā (commentary ed. d), i.e., Chrysanthemum coronarium Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 392). 168 Identified as Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karsten (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1549). 169 The walnut (commentary ed. d). 170 The same as śrīhastinī (commentary ed. d), i.e., Heliotropium indicum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 859). 171 The same as brāhmī (commentary ed. d). 172 Identified as Euphorbia thomsoniana Boiss. by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1982: 222–225). 173 The same as haritālā (commentary ed. d). 174 Identified as Ceratophyllum demersum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 37). 175 The two kinds of jayā are mentioned in the Carakasamhitā. Several identifications of jayā are found in the literature. 176 The juice of kāravallī (commentary ed. d). 177 The same as kākamācī (commentary ed. d). 178 The same as aśvagandhā (commentary ed. d). 179 This is one of the names of Embelia ribes Burm.f. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 670). 180 Karālikā is one of the names of Corypha umbraculifera Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 497).