A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.736

v4.c63.736

83 On sattvas. 84 On the preparation of sattvas. 85 The mythical origin of vaikrānta. 86 The mythical origin of various types of vaikrānta. 87 The formula of agnimukharasa. 88 The description of the pātālayantra. 89 The formula of vṛddhanavāyasacūrṇa. 90 The formula of vibhitakādyalavaṇa. 91 The formula of atisārebhasimharasa, quoted from the Śivānubhava according to the Hindī commentary, is found in the Rasasāgara according to the Sanskrit text. Compare Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 119. 92 The formula of rāmajvarāpahārirasa. 93 On the nature of kaṅkuṣṭha. 94 The preparation of abhrakasattva. 95 The formula of gorakṣavaṭī. 96 A formula against hiccup. Also quoted by Trimalla. 97 The formula of meghādambararasa. Compare Rasayogasāgara, pakārādi 699. 98 See, for example, Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 24; kakārādi 365; cakārādi 233, 278, 279. 99 Kākapada means crow's foot. 100 Yavākṛti means barley-shaped. 101 See A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 114–117. 102 See A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 112–113. 103 See on the elephant-pearl: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 113. Pearls from this source are referred to in Bāṇa's Harṣacarita (ucchvāsa 7, p.218; translation Cowell and Thomas, p.215) and Kālidāsa's Kumārasambhava (1.6). See the story about the discovery of an elephant-pearl in P.D. Stracey (1991: 35). 104 See A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 113–114. 105 See A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 114. 106 See A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 114. 107 See on bamboo-pearls: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 113. Mallinātha's commentary ad Kumārasambhava 1.6 enumerates as sources of pearls: karīndra (elephant), jīmūta (cloud), varāha (hog), śaṅkha, matsya (fish), ahi (snake), śukti, and veṇu. 108 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.3–4. 109 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.53. 110 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.93. 111 Closely related to Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.63cd–66ab. 112 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.79–85. 113 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.66cd–67ab. 114 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.45cd–46ab. 115 Identical with Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.86–89ab (kuṇḍayantra). 116 The Pāradasamhitā has bilvataṅkī. 117 Piṭakṣīrā in the Pāradasamhitā. 118 Quoted in the Pāradasamhitā (7, between 86 and 87). The list resembles those found in Rasasāra and Rasendrapurāṇa. 119 See S.K. Śarmā (1992): 19. 120 References are to the edition, with Bhaṭṭotpala's commentary, by Avadhavihārī Tripāṭhī (Varanasi, 1968). See for a discussion of the contents: A.M. Shastri (1969): 323–338,