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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 20
uṣṇaśītaguṇotkarṣāttatra vīryaṃ dvidhā smṛtam||17||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
tatra tasmin dravye, vīryaṃ dvividham| viṃśaterguṇānāṃ madhyāddvāvuṣṇaśītau, tadutkarṣādvīryamiti sarvāyurvedaprasiddhau, dvāveva guṇau śītoṣṇau vīryakaraṇahetū| vīryaṃ śaktiḥ| uṣṇaguṇotkarṣa uṣṇaguṇātiśaya eva kaściduṣṇavīryākhyāṃ labhate| tathā śītaguṇotkarṣaḥ śītaguṇātiśaya eva śītavīryākhyām| yadyapi nānātmakamapi dravyaṃ, tathāpyagnīṣomātmakatvājjagato dvidhaiva vīryam|
Commentary: Hemādri’s Āyurvedarasāyana
vīryadvaividhyamāha-uṣṇeti| tacca uṣṇaṃ śītaṃ ca| nanu gurulaghusnigdharūkṣamandatīkṣṇānāmapi vīryatvātkathaṃ dve evetyata āha-uṣṇaśītaguṇotkarṣāt| yadyapi kāyāgnipākādaṣṭau guṇā jāyante, tathāpyuṣṇaśītayorguṇayorutkarṣāt dvaividhyam| guṇāntaratiraskāre śaktirutkarṣaḥ| śaktyutkarṣe vīryaśabdo loke'pi prasiddhaḥ| tatra dravye| vīryamapi dravyāśrayamityarthaḥ|