Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study)
by G. D. Jayalakshmi | 2019 | 58,344 words
This page relates ‘Medicines administered for different diseases� of the study on the Jivanandana (in English) which is a dramatic play written by Anadaraya Makhin in the 18th century. The Jivanandana praises the excellence of Advaita Vedanta, Ayurveda (medical science) and Dramatic literature as the triple agency for obtaining everlasting bliss.
Medicines administered for different diseases
Both in Act VI and Act VII, by portraying the different diseases as soldiers of the enemy side and the respective medicines that eradicate them as the hero's soldiers, the dramatist gives out information about the various medicines administered to alleviate the different diseases that attack the body.
In Act VI Jāvarāja lists out one after other the following powerful medicines and the diseases that they cure�
Medicines | Diseases cured by them |
鲹ū貹پ� | ŚDz and also . |
Rasa-Իū | All types of Jvaras-fevers and Āma. |
Jvarāṅkuśarasa Sarvajvarāpaha� | Remover of all ٲ and Pitta oriented fevers. |
ĀԲԻ岹 rasa | Cures all types of پ derived by the faults of all these three Kapha, ٲ and Pitta and hence it is known as Tridoṣotthātisārajit. |
Ჹṛgṅk | Gets rid of Kṣayaraya. |
Siddharaseśvara ٲ ṣa, Ծܳ and Pūrnacandroyarasa. | Completely destroys ۲ṣmroga along with all ٲ and Śṣm diseases also. |
ٲ ṣa | Puts down ٲ oriented diseases. |
Ծܳ | Eradicates Kapha oriented diseases. |
ʰٲ貹ṃkś | Cures all ٲ oriented diseases, including Dhanurٲ very dangerous disease. |
Vasantakusumakararasa | Controls various types of diseases. |
ܱṇaܱ貹پ | Puts the entire group of diseases under total control. |
岹Բūṇa | Quickly destroys the Agnimāndyam completely. |
ܻ岹śԲūṇa | Removes all the three faults and their concerned diseases |
ٲ kuṭhararasa | Deals with ٲ rogas |
ʰᲹī | Drives away twenty types of meharogas and also Gatimāndyam which makes one to fall down often while walking |
ٲ vidhvaṃsanarasa | Drives out eighty divisions of ٲ rogas completely. |
In Act VII the dramatist presents again all details regarding some more medicines and the diseases that are cured by them.
Medicines | Diseases cured by them |
Ѳṇḍ첹 | Mandāgnī, an abode of all sorts of diseases. |
ҳṭi | Pitta and ٲ and ٲpditta combines three types of fever. |
Gudūcyadikvātha and Paṃcabhadrakvātha | Eight types of Sannikpāta fevers. Pitta and ٲ jvaras caused by the ٴṣa of Pitta and ٲ. |
հǰⲹԲ峾ṇi | Poison of plants and animals which bring in Āmajvara and wounds. |
ĀDzⲹԲ峾ṇi | All types of fevers. |
ṇkś | Saṃgraṇ� diseases. |
Ұṇīkٲ | ٲ ṇ�, Pittaṇ� Kapha grahani, ԲԾٲ ṇ�, Saṃgrahaṇ�, ۲ṣm. |
ʲṇc峾ṛt貹貹ī | Atīsara, eight types of fevers and female oriented health problems. |
ūṣm徱ūṇa | Aversion towards food, spleen–oriented diseases, Ś and diseases. |
Siddhayoga and Gokṣurakādicūrṇa | ū첹ṣa, male oriented diseases. |
Trivikramarasa | Urinary infections and diseases. |
վṣyԻ岹Բٲ | For Bhagandara. |
ܱṅkś | For ṣṭ group. |
Nityoditarasa | Piles. |
վ | Gulmarogas. |
Trinetrarasa | Śū rogas. |
Ѳ屹Ծ | Stomach diseases. |
Ҿ첹ṇy徱 vidhi ҳñᲹ tailam | All types of headaches and other diseases. |
Candradayavarti | Eye diseases. |
Saubhañjanādi tailam | Ear diseases. |
ٳ徱 | Mental diseases poison, Grahaṇ� fevers. |
ūṇa | ṇḍ, heart diseases, Bhagandara, śDZ, kuṣtha and stomach problems. |
ѱñᲹī | For pramehas. |
To sum up, the īԲԻ岹Բ ṭa첹 of Ānandarāya Makhin has been structured almost like an Ayurvedic text. Ānandarāya Makhin’s confidence in his audience/readers does not go futile; even a layman who does not know anything about medicine, can easily follow the principles of Āܰ岹 and also its application. A medical text has been quite interestingly structured in the form of a ṭa첹 which makes it easily understandable. In spite of such an involvement with Āܰ岹 the drama does not lose its merit as a ṭa첹; it has been made all the more relishable as it would be shown in the sixth chapter which deals with the dramatic elements of īԲԻ岹Բ ṭa첹.