Hindu Medicine c7.177

c7.177

In the first half of the 17th century a learned Brahmin wrote “Jīvānanda,” “The Bliss of the Life-monad or Soul (jīva),” a didactic play on medicine which affords a popular summary of the main tenets of this science, and indicates its relation to the pursuit of the ultimate goal of Hindu philosophy and religious life. The author, Ānandarāyamakhī, was at once chancellor, house-priest, spiritual adviser and court-poet to King Śarabha or Śrīśāha of Tanjore in South India.