A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.905

Language: English

v4.c63.905.1

1243 NCC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 122. AVI 467. V. Śukla I, 193 and 196. 1244 NCC VIII, 93. S. Ārya (1984): 122: a work on rasaśāstra. 1245 NCC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 122. AVI 467. 1246 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41772. 1247 NCC VIII, 276: a work on jyotiṣa. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41820. 1248 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41821; Nr. 41822: commentary. 1249 NCC VIII, 276. Cat. Madras Nr. 13147. Trailokyacintāmaṇi is the name of a number of formulae (see Rasayogasāgara, takārādi 257–260). 1250 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41824. 1251 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41786. 1252 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41386. Udayabhāskara is the name of a number of formulae (see Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 362–375). 1253 NCC: not recorded. V. Śukla I, 196. 1254 NCC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 41393. 1255 NCC II, 297. Check-list Nr. 868. Cat. IO Nr. 2760. STMI 463: a small work on metallic and mineral preparations; it quotes Śārṅgadhara, Śivāgama, and Yogaratnasamuccaya. 1256 See Cat. IO Nr. 2760. 1257 CC: not recorded. STMI 236–238: one of the texts referred to as Vaidya deals with alchemy and iatrochemistry; 464: one MS describes mercurial powder, the purification of sulphur, the transmutation of base metals into gold and silver, the properties of various pulses, ointments, the treatment of convulsions, etc.;

v4.c63.905.2

another MS gives an account of the purification of mercury, arsenic, mica, gold, copper, and other metals for medicinal purposes. 1258 CC: not recorded. STMI 464: describes the properties and purification of mercury; the treatment of some diseases is also dealt with. 1259 CC and NCC: not recorded. Edited, with Hindī translation, Native Opinion Press, Bombay 1919 [IO.San.D.1101/1]. 1260 Compare CC II, 146. 1261 CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 247: the MS dates from A.D. 1800/01. Check-list Nr. 904. The work is also called Granthasamgraha. 1262 NCC X, 78: the same author wrote the Karmaprakāśa, Vaidyavṛnda and Vāṭaghnatvādinirṇaya. Compare CC I, 289 and 613. ABI 318: a work on rasaśāstra. VŚS, Preface 6–7: a work on the use of mercury which seems to have been composed in the eighteenth century. 1263 CC I, 613; II, 146. Check-list Nr. 939. STMI 240: one hundred and eleven recipes for various mercurial medicines. 1264 CC: not recorded. STMI 464: deals with the preparation of mercurial salts, electuaries, medicinal powders, etc., and also with the diagnosis of certain diseases, etc. 1265 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42491. 1266 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42486. 1267 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42488. 1268 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42489. 1269 CC and NCC: not recorded. *Edited by Sunītikumār Chatterjee, Calcutta 1940.

v4.c63.905.3

See Moṭīcandra’s Ṭhakkura Pherūkr̥ta Ratnaparīkṣā paricaya, 8–9, in Agarcand Nāhaṭā and Bhanvarlāl Nāhaṭā’s Ṭhakkura-Pherū-viracita Ratnaparīkṣādi-sapta-granthasamgraha. 1270 CC: not recorded. Check-list Nr. 981. STMI 251: a compilation in twelve chapters, dealing with (1) mānakalpanā, (2) puṭanirṇaya, (3) yantralakṣaṇa, (4) nānādravyavarga, (5) nānādravyaśuddhi, (6) bhasmasindūrādividhi, (7) rasasamgraha, (8) divyaguṭikāthana, (9) keśarañjanakathana, (10) vīryastambhādibālagrahanivāraṇa, (11) kālajñānācāyāpuruṣalakṣaṇa, (12) prasiddharasaguṭikāsamgraha. 1271 CC: not recorded. Check-list Nr. 982. 1272 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42505; Nr. 42506: commentary. Vasantakusumākara is the name of a formula (see Rasayogasāgara, yakārādi 423–426). 1273 CC: not recorded. The Kavindrācāryasūcipatram records a work on rasāyana, called Vāsudevatantra (Nr. 971). Vr̥ddhatrayī 292–293 and 341: this Vāsudeva, a Śaka king, was the grandson of Kaniṣka and the father of Kāpālin, the author of the Rasarājamahodadhi; he is the same as the king (narendra) Vāsudeva, mentioned as one of the Rasasiddhas in the Rasaratnasamuccaya (1.7), and also the Śakādhipati referred to in A.S.U.49. 1274 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 44522. 1275 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42543. 1276 CC: not recorded. Cat. Mysore XIII, Nr. 42798. 1277 CC: not recorded. Sarasvati Bhavan XII, Nr. 45065. 1278 CC I, 472. STMI 465. Cat. Bikaner Nr.

v4.c63.905.4

1448: on utensils and apparatus for preparing mercurial medicines. 1279 See on the metals and minerals mentioned in this text (edited by D. Pingree): A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 133–134. 1280 CC and NCC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 123. V. Śukla I, 193: a rasagrantha. 1281 CC II, 112: a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī. STMI 465. 1282 See verse 404. See on the difference between indranīla and mahānīla: A.K. and S. Biswas (1996): 80. 1283 See verse 506. 1284 See verse 507. 1285 See verse 511. 1286 See verse 512. See on rājāvarta: K. Karttunen (1997): 242. 1287 See verse 512. 1288 See verses 59, 66 and 76. 1289 See verse 513. 1290 The bhallātaka is a fake emerald, lighter in colour, and losing brilliance on exposure (A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 88). 1291 Pīlu may be jade (see A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 102–103). 1292 See on stones called pīta and pittaka: A.K. and S. Biswas (1996): 104; pittaka (mentioned at Arthaśāstra 2.11.35) was possibly chrysolite. 1293 Probably the phaṇimuktā; see verses 275–278. 1294 A tittibha is a sapphire with a dash of red (A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 80). 1295 The stone called utpala may be an aquamarine (see A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 80 and 85). 1296 All these stones are collectively called vajra.