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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 34
śarīrajānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ krameṇa paramauṣadham||25||
bastirvireko vamanaṃ tathā tailaṃ ghṛtaṃ madhu||26||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
śarīrajānāṃ vātādīnāṃ, krameṇa yathāsaṃkhyena paripāṭhyoddeśanirdeśena, paramauṣadhaṃ pradhānauṣadhaṃ, bastyādivamanāntaṃ śodhanarūpaṃ, tailādimadhvantaṃ śamanarūpam| tena vātasya bastirgudapraṇidheyasnehakvāthādi paramauṣadham| pittasya vireko mukhapītaṃ gudamārgeṇāntaḥsthitasya doṣasya niḥsāraṇaṃ paramauṣadham| kaphasya vamanaṃ mukhena pītaṃ tenaiva doṣasya niḥsāraṇaṃ paramauṣadham| iti śodhanarūpeṇa doṣāṇāmauṣadham| tailādi tu śamanasvarūpeṇauṣadham| tatheti krameṇaiva| vātasya tailaṃ, pittasya ghṛtaṃ, kaphasya mākṣikaṃ paramauṣadham| pradhānamauṣadhamiti yāvat|
Commentary: Hemādri’s Āyurvedarasāyana
śodhanaśamanaviśeṣāṇāṃ viṣayavibhāgamāha-śarīrajānāmiti| tatra śodhanaviśeṣā bastyādayaḥ krameṇa doṣāṇāmauṣadham| vātasya bastiḥ, pittasya virekaḥ, kaphasya vamanam| tathā śamanaviśeṣāstailādayaḥ| vātasya tailaṃ, pittasya ghṛtaṃ, kaphasya madhu| kiṃ sarveṣāṃ, netyāhaśarīrajānāṃ, śarīre jātāḥ dvitīyaṃ rogākhyaṃ janma prāptāḥ śarīrajāḥ śarīrāśritāsteṣām| kathaṃ, paramatiśayena| etaduktaṃ bhavati| sarveṣāṃ doṣāṇāṃ bastirauṣadhaṃ viśeṣādvātasya| sarvāṇi śodhanāni vātasyauṣadhaṃ viśeṣādbastiḥ| tathā manaḥśarīrāśrayāṇāṃ doṣāṇāṃ bastirauṣadhaṃ viśeṣāccharīrāśrayāṇām| evaṃ virekādiṣu vācyam|