History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Ayurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.s4: Vāmadeva
History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.s4
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Vāmadeva
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Vāmadeva is a Vedic sage. To him are ascribed many hymns. He is said to have come in this world with the speed of a hawk through his mother's side and not *per via naturales*, as did Buddha in his birth. In times of extreme distress he cooked entrails of a dog for his food in order to save his life.
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In the Gada Nigraha, a formula for a pill is ascribed to Vāmadeva for the cure of Prameha :
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प्रमेहे वामदेवेन कथिता गुटिका —
कटुत्रिकां वचा मुस्ता विडङ्गं चित्रकं विषम् ।
एतानि समभागानि पथ्यं च द्विगुणा विषान् ॥
पञ्चविंशद् भागाः क्वाथयेन्मृदनाग्निना ।
बदरसमाऽत्र गुटिका कार्या, एषा गुटिका प्रमेहे, आमवाते, गुल्मे, मन्दाग्नौ इति, विशेषतश्च लालामिहम् ॥
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G. N., Vol. I, p. 237.
Cites (1)
- Gadanigraha — Soḍhala, Sanskrit