Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita [sanskrit]
273,418 words | ISBN-10: 8121800226 | ISBN-13: 9788121800226
The Sanskrit edition of the Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita, including the commentaries Sarvangasundara and Ayurvedarasayana. The Astangahrdaya-samhita deals with the eight-fold divisions of Ayurveda: (l) Medicine, (2) The science of the special diseases of the supra-clavicular parts of the body (viz. eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat etc.), (3) Surgery, (4) Toxicology, (5) Psycho-therapy, (6) Pediatrics, (7) Rejuvenation and (8) Virilification. Original titles: Vāgbhaṭa Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (वाग्भट अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता), Aruṇadatta Sarvāṅgasundarā (अरुणदत्त सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरा), Hemādri Āyurvedarasāyana (हेमाद्रि आयुर्वेदरसायन).
Section 30
upādhyāyo'tha putrīyaṃ kurvīta vidhivadvidhim||27||
namaskāraparāyāstu śūdrāyā mantravarjitam||28||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
athetyānantarye maṅgalasūcako nirdiṣṭaḥ| ata evāyamātrārthaḥṛtukālādanantaraṃ maṅgalapūrvikāṃ sarvāmimāṃ vakṣyamāṇāmitikartavyatāṃ kuryāditi| upādhyāyaḥ-purohito'tharvavedavit, putrīyaṃ-putrāya hitaṃ, vidhimitthaṃ kurvīta| katham? vidhivat na yathākathañcit| vidhivaditi praśaṃsāyāṃ matup| kriyāviśeṣaṇaṃ caitat, tena praśastaṃ vedoktamanyūnātiriktavidhānaṃ yathā bhavati tathāvidhaṃ kurvītetyavatiṣṭhate| brahmāṇadivarṇatrayasyemaṃvidhiṃ kurvīta| śūdrāyāḥ punarnamaskāraparāyāḥ-namaskārapradhānāyāḥ, yathoktaṃ sarvaṃ vidhiṃ mantravarjitaṃ kuryāt| putrīyamiti "putrāccha ca" iti cchaḥ|