[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Indian Medical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999) › v4.c63.722 # A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.722 A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.722 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63.722) 86 See Rasayogasāgara, kakārādi 63; takārādi 302; yakārādi 27, 210, 380; śakārādi 324 and 503. 87 Compare the reflections of D.G. White (1996: 165–166) on the author and the Nāgārjuna to whom he refers. 88 P. Cordier (1930b: 348) was also convinced that the Rasendramaṅgala cannot be by Nāgārjuna himself. 89 He is called karuṇāveśita and preaches maitrīkaruṇādi. 90 P. Cordier (1903b: 348) was the first to point to the Buddhist elements in the Rasendrama- ṅgala. P. Rāy (1956: 116) regarded the work as a Mahāyāna Tantra. G.P. Srivastava (1954: 11) also describes it as a Mahāyāna Tantra, but adds that some characteristics of a Śaiva Tantra are perceptibly included in it. 91 A kāpālikayoga, employed in the liquefaction of diamonds, is described in chapter two. 92 See Rasayogasāgara, yakārādi 380. 93 P. Rāy (1956: 117): seventh or eighth century at the latest. S. Ārya (1984: 102), C. Dwarkanath (1991: 43), and G.P. Srivastava (1954: 111): seventh or eighth century. Satyaprakāś (1960: 309): eighth century. See also J. Filliozat in L. Renou et J. Filliozat (1953): 168–169; J. Filliozat (1975): 10. 94 D.G. White (1996: 164) dates it to the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century. 95 ABI 400–401. Atrideva (1961): 100. 96 The vālukāyantra is mentioned in the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi, usually dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century. 97 See the description of the contents of the Rasendramaṅgala. 98 Compare Āḍhamalla ad Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā II.11.44–45 and Kāśīrāma ad II.11.40cd– 53ab. The types called madhyasāra, cakramarda, bandha, kaliṅga and bhadra cannot be traced in the ṭippaṇa. 99 D. Wujastyk (1948a: 77), who refers to \*H.D. Velankar (1930): 494. 100 Edition: paṭiyālārājyāntargata-ṭakasalānivāsī paṭiyālāke rājyavaidya paṇḍit rāmprasād vaidyopādhyāy praṇīt rasendrapurāṇ, Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvar Press, Bombay 1926/27. Rāmprasāda planned to write a work in three volumes; volume I was published in 1926/27; volume II, containing rasayogas against various diseases, has, to my knowledge, not been published; no information is available on volume III (see Rāmprasāda’s bhūmikā to the edition of vol. I). 101 Rāmprasāda tells a story about Virabhadra’s wish to receive instruction in the medical science from Brahmā, who rejected him as a pupil on account of the unsteadiness of his mind; Virabhadra, in his anger at the insult, cut off Brahmā’s head; later, he repented, went to the Aśvins who replaced Brahmā’s head, and turned to Śiva who taught him the science of alchemy. See on several stories about Virabhadra: Vettam Mani. 102 These five kinds are red, black, somewhat yellow, white, and coloured like a peacock’s feather respectively (see Rasajalanidhi I, 33–34). 103 Compare Pāradasaṃhitā 33.1–53. 104 Some of the pills described are: siddha-, khageśvarī- (compare Pāradasaṃhitā 37.123–130 and p.306–307), brahmāṇḍa- (compare Pāradasaṃhitā 37.115–122 and p.307), and khecarīguṭikā (compare Pāradasaṃhitā 37.100–109 and p.302, 308). 105 The sattva is described as white in colour and resembling copper (7.140). 106 See, for instance, 20.55 (the drāvaṇa of the essence of mākṣika); 23.26–27 (the māraṇa of tutṭhasattva). - [Previous: v4.c63.721](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63.721) - [Next: v4.c63.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63.723) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63) ## Linked texts (3) - [Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.sarngadharasamhita) — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63.722) · Pramāṇa