A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.897

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1038 CC I, 498: quoted in the Sarvadarśanasamgraha. V. Śukla I, 195. 1039 G. Hāldār regarded him as a Rasācārya who lived in the twelfth century (Vṛddhatrayī 348). 1040 Vṛddhatrayī 347. 1041 CC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 128. AVI 472. S.K. Śarmā (1992): 18: anterior to the beginning of the Christian era. 1042 Bhūtiprakaraṇa 1.119. 1043 See on the author: Bheṣajasamhitā. 1044 Edition: rasoddhāra tantram [rasasamhitā], prathamaḥ cikitsā khaṇḍaḥ, kartā raseśācārya śrī caraṇatīrtha mahārāja, prakāśakaḥ rasaśālā auṣadhāśrama, Goṇḍal 1964. References are to this (Hindī) version. Twenty editions of the Gujarātī version have been published (see the prastāvanā to the Hindī version). Numerous formulae from the Sanskrit text of the Rasoddhāratantra are found in the Bheṣajasamhitā. 1045 Rasaprakāśasudhākara (p.228), Rasaratnākara (p.245), Rasaratnasamuccaya (p.144). 1046 See on the agate: J. André and J. Filliozat (1986): 375, n.234; K. Karttunen (1997): 237; R.N. Saletore (1975): 256–257; Watt II, 171–173. 1047 Gypsum. See D. Joshi (1986): 182–184. 1048 A mṛdvī and kaṭhinā variety are distinguished. 1049 Equal parts of zinc, mercury, lead and tin. 1050 A substance borrowed from Yūnānī medicine (80). 1051 Equal parts of lead, tin and zinc. See on trivaṅgabhasman: P.V. Sharma and V.P. Singh (1987). 1052 Tṛṇakānta is amber; other Sanskrit terms for this fossil resin are tṛṇakuścaka and tṛṇagrāhin (see J. André and J. Filliozat, 1986: 369, n.211). A tṛṇamaṇi is one of the gems mentioned in the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (see E. Lamotte, 1966: I, 599). 1053 Equal parts of iron and mica. 1054 Five varieties are mentioned: white, black, red, yellow, and of a mixed colour. 1055 Described as a semi-precious stone (maṇi), found in Kambhāta in Gujarāt. 1056 CC and NCC: not recorded. S.K. Śarmā (1992): 18: anterior to the beginning of the Christian era. 1057 CC: not recorded. B. Rama Rao (1984): 14–18. 1058 CC I, 498. V. Śukla I, 197. 1059 STMI 457. 1060 CC: not recorded. STMI 457: a concise work on alchemy. 1061 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42387: the MS contains a rasotpattiprakaraṇa from some larger work. 1062 CC and NCC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 123. *Edition: Ajmer 1968. 1063 CC I, 492: on precious stones. 1064 CC: not recorded. Cat. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nr. 45094. 1065 CC I, 490. V. Śukla I, 196. 1066 CC: not recorded. Cat. Punyavijayaji II, Nr. 6405. 1067 CC II, 36 and 114. NCC VI, 302. STMI 571. Editions: a critically edited, with an introduction in English (Studies in the Ratnaśāstra, 29 pages) by V. W. Karambelkar, Nagpur University, Nagpur 1958. b Ratna Dīpikā and Ratna Śāstram, edited with introduction by P.S. Rama Sastri,