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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 10
śiraḥśravaṇapādeṣu taṃ viśeṣeṇa śīlayet||9||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
abhyaṅgābhyāsaṃ vidhatte-śira iti| tamabhyaṅgaṃ, śīlayedabhyaset sarveṣvaṅgeṣu, viśeṣānmūrdhakarṇāṅghriṣu| ekasminneva prayoge punaḥ punaḥ yojanamabhyāsaḥ| pratyahaṃ prayogābhyāsastu nityamityanenaivoktaḥ| saṅgrahe (sū. a. 3) tu-"sa keśyaḥ śīlito mūrdhni kapālendriyatarpaṇaḥ| hanumanyāśiraḥkarṇaśūlaghnaṃ karṇapūraṇam|| pādābhyaṅgastu tatsthairyanidrāddaṣṭiprasādakṛtu| pādasuptiśramastambhasaṅkocasphuṭanapraṇut||"iti| §266
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
tamabhyaṅgam, śiraḥśravaṇapādeṣu, viśeṣeṇātiśayena, śīlayedabhyaset, iti vacanāccāvaśyaṃ na tathā sarvaśarīre'bhyaṅgaḥ kāryaḥ, yathaiteṣu śiraḥśravaṇapādeṣu| atra ca pūrvavadekatvābhāvaḥ|
Commentary: Hemādri’s Āyurvedarasāyana
abhyaṅgaṃ kaphagrastādau niṣedhati-varjya iti| kaphagrastaḥativṛddhaśleṣmā, kṛtasaṃśuddhiḥ-kṛtavamanavirekaḥ, ajīrṇī ca, abhyaṅgaṃ varjayet| kṛtasaṃśuddhestadahareva niṣiddhaḥ| uktaṃ hi suśrute (ci. a. 24/36)- "taruṇajvaryajīrṇī ca nābhyaktavyaḥ kathañcana| tathā vānto viriktaśca nirūḍho yaśca mānavaḥ|| pūrvayoḥ kṛcchratā vyādhyorasādhyatvamathāpi vā|| śeṣāṇāṃ tadahaḥ proktā agnisādādayo gadāḥ||" iti|