Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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PREFACE. XXV Narada Samhita (141) is a comprehensive work of astrology. VAIDYAKA. Ayurvedaparibhasa (No. 34) gives the technical rules of interpretation of Hindu medical works... It is anonymous... Paryayamuktavali (154) is a work on synonyms of medical terms. The unknown author seems to have made a great use of a previous work on the same work by Madhavakara. 10 Pakavali (156) is a compilation on pharmacology containing prescriptions for the preparation of different concoctions (paka). Though the name given is Pakavali, in the MS. itself it is called Pakavidhi. It is anonymous. Two other works of the same description are also anonymous. They seem to be the rade mecum of different families of medical men! Sarasamgraha (336) by Visvanatha is a collection of prescriptions for various diseases. Bhaisajya-Rasamrta Samhita (205) by Upendra is a short treatise for beginners on the various branches of the Hindu medical science. They are:-Tonic medicines, human medicines, Divine medicines, mercurial treatment and surgery. Yogavali (227) contains a number of prescriptions by Pingala yogini: the chapters are named Kalpas. Ratnavali (280), anonymous, is a work on the treatment of various diseases. Rasaratnakara (234), by Nityanatha Siddha, is a wellknown work on medicinal preparation of mercury. KAVYA. The most important Kavya mentioned in this volume is Kapphinabhyudaya (50), by Kasmira Bhatta Siva Svami! See pp. 25, 33, 49, 52, 54, 55, 195, 196, 197 198, 199, of M. R. R. Sesagiri Sastri's report on a search of Sanskrit and Tamil MSS. in Madras for 1893-94. The author flourished in the