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A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c64: Appendices

A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c64

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Appendix 1

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1 See HIM II, 205–219. 2 Āstika is referred to at A.s.U.42.102, Āstikya at A.s.U.48.52–54. 3 Compare: Dasras, Kumārakas, Nāśatyas, Sahasrakaraputrabhiṣagvaras, Vaidyakumārakas. 4 The Tibetan tradition credits Avalokiteśvara with a treatise on general surgery called Dpyad-gces gzuṅ (Precious examination or treatment) (see Rechung, 1973: 11). 5 Compare HIM III, 672–674. 6 Compare HIM I, 1–17. The Tibetan tradition ascribes to Brahmā two medical texts called Gu-ṇa śā-stra and Gsaṅ-baḥi sñiṅ-poḥi don-bsdus-pa (Collection of the secret essence) (Rechung, 1973: 11). 7 The Tibetan tradition attributes to Buddha Śākyamuni a medical treatise in fifty chapters called Śel-gyi me-loṅ (Crystal mirror); this tradition is mentioned in Braṅ-ti’s History of medicine (see Rechung, 1973: 11). See on Braṅ-ti: M. Taube (1981): 15–16, 53–55 (compare index s.v. Braṅ-ti). 8 The forest called Campakāraṇya is a place of pilgrimage mentioned in the Mahābhārata (see S. Sörensen, 1963). 9 Compare HIM I, 189–203. 10 Compare: Aśvins, Kumārakas, Nāśatyas. 11 Compare HIM I, 99–110. 12 Compare HIM II, 293–295. 13 Compare Aśvins, Dasras, Nāśatyas. 14 Compare HIM III, 746–748. 15 The Tibetan tradition ascribes to the Bodhisattva Māñjuśrī a text on the treatment of head injuries called Mgo-bcos bdud-rćīhi lhuṅ-bzed (Alms-bowl full of nectar for the treatment of the head), a treatise on chest diseases, and some other medical works; this information is found in the Hjam-dpal sñiṅ-rje zur-thig (see Rechung, 1973: 11). 16 Compare: Aśvins, Dasras, Kumārakas. 17 The Tibetan tradition ascribes to Prajāpati a medical treatise called Hphrul-gyi me-loṅ (Mirror of magic) (see Rechung, 1973: 11). 18 See HIM I, 112–119. 19 See HIM I, 28–82. 20 Compare HIM I, 83–98. 21 The Tibetan tradition attributes to Tārā a treatise in 120 chapters on how to grow herbs and medicinal plants, as well as a work on prepare compound medicines from them (Rechung, 1973: 11). 22 The Tibetan tradition ascribes to Vajrapāṇi a treatise on anatomy (see Rechung, 1973: 11). 23 Compare HIM I, 129–133. 24 See HIM I, 18–27. 25 See HIM II, 302–306.

Appendix 2

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1 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 44. 2 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 4. 3 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 423. 4 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 227. 5 See, for example: Divyāvadāna, Pūrṇāvadāna (Nr.2) C 31–32 (ed. P.L. Vaidya, 1959: 29), which mentions gośīrṣacandana as a remedy against fever (dāhajvara); Dharmarucyavadāna (Nr.18) C 234–235 (ed. P.L. Vaidya, 1959: 145–146), where the wife of a brāhmaṇa and her son are afflicted with an excessively active digestive fire; Kuṇālāvadāna (Nr.27) C 409 (ed. P.L. Vaidya, 1959: 263–264), where Aśoka is described as suffering from a disease resulting in a fecal odour (uccāra) coming out of his mouth and the pores of his hairs; the consulted physician discovers, by means of laparotomy, that a big worm has settled in the pakvāśaya of the king; the disease is cured by killing the parasite with pepper, ginger and onions (palāṇḍu), which the king, after some resistance, swallows. 6 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 182. 7 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 58. 8 Compare Tāntrika Sāhitya 222: Jñānasamkulitantra. 9 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 125–126. 10 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 139–140. 11 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 507. 12 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 457. 13 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 457. 14 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 513–514. 15 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 523. 16 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 343–344. 17 Compare Tāntrika Sāhitya 407: Phetkārītantra. 18 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 398–400. 19 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 255. 20 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 252–253. 21 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 263. 22 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 69. 23 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 590–591. 24 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 525. 25 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 539. 26 See Tāntrika Sāhitya 541–542.

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