A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.51

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38 See on these terms the Sanskrit commentary of Gulrājśarmamiśra. 39 These verses are from the *Rasendracintāmaṇi* according to Somadevaśarman. 40 These dhātus are not the metals, but abhraka, etc. (see the commentaries). 41 See the Sanskrit commentary of Gulrājśarmamiśra ad 1.324–325 on these terms. 42 Somadevaśarman indicates that this verse is also found in the *Rasahṛdaya* and *Rasendracintāmaṇi*. 43 The poṭabandha of the *Rasaratnasamuccaya* (11.72) is called pāṭabandha in the *Āyurvedaprakāśa* (1.373). 44 This verse is found in the *Rasaṃketakalikā* and *Rasakāmadhenu* according to Somadevaśarman. 45 Used in the preparation of rasaparpaṭikā according to the commentary of Gulrājśarmamiśra. 46 The preparation of a khoṭa is described at 1.313–318. 47 Jalaukābandha is an additional type, not employed in the transformation of the body, but to allure women (strīdrāvaṇa; 1.362); see on this bandha 1.464–469ab. 48 This verse is from the *Rasaṃketakalikā* (see Somadevaśarman’s commentaries). 49 This verse is from the *Rasaṃketakalikā*. Compare *Āyurvedaprakāśa* 1.397–435. 50 Nityanātha is quoted on this subject. 51 The twenty uparasas of the *Rasamañjarī* (3.1–3ab) differ from those of the *Āyurvedaprakāśa*. 52 *Dhanvantariyanighaṇṭu* 6, rasāḥ 1. The order and the names used are identical. 53 This variety does not occur in other works on alchemy. 54 Some plant names are uncommon: gobhī, hulahula, kāgadinimbū. 55 The items constituting this group are not specified. 56 This group consists of medoroga, vṛddhi, arbuda, gaṇḍamālā, etc. 57 This group comprises āmavāta, gṛdhrasī, etc. 58 These disorders are not enumerated. 59 Bāṇa is a term designating a rocket. See on fireworks in India: P.K. Gode (1953b); B.V. Subbarayappa (1971): 345–346. 60 Not described in the *Āyurvedaprakāśa*; probably the same as rudhira, i.e., carnelian. 61 The interpretation of haridrākaṣaḥ is uncertain. 62 See on the Brahmagiri: N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991): 100; N. Dey (1979): 40. 63 See, for example, the glosses ad 1.47–48 and 401–403. 64 See the glosses ad 1.140–148. 65 See, for example, 2.225, 241–242. 66 See the colophons of ed. d and of some MSS (Cat. BHU Nr. 17; Cat. IO Nrs. 2696 and 2697; CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 19). P. Hymavathi (1993: 79) suggests that Mādhava Upādhyāya resided in Āndhra and may have been a guru in Śrīśaila; he draws attention to the use of the Telugu term varaka for gold. 67 Bodleian d.716(5). 68 CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 215. 69 Dates assigned to the *Āyurvedaprakāśa* are: fourteenth century (ABI 415), seventeenth century (AVI 464; Bhagwan Dash, 1986: 16; S.K. Śarmā, 1992: 19), seventeenth or eighteenth century (S. Ārya, 1984: 109–110; Vṛddhatrayī 473), A.D. 1713 (ABI 596; J. Jolly, 1901: 2, C.G. Kashikar 2), A.D. 1734 (Bhagwat Sinh Jee 208), A.D. 1786 (Atrideva, 1978: 31).