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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 48
cakṣuṣyaṃ chedi tṛṭśleṣmaviṣahidhmāsrapittanut||51||
mehakuṣṭhakṛmicchardiśvāsakāsātisārajit||52||
vraṇaśodhanasandhānaropaṇaṃ vātalaṃ madhu||52||
rūkṣaṃ kaṣāyamadhuraṃ, tattulyā madhuśarkarā||53||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
madhu cakṣuṣe hitam| tathā, chedi-ubhayathā''aścotanavraṇalepādāvupayuk tathā'bhyavahāraviṣaye'pi| taikṣṇyādyo dehe piṇḍitān bhāvān chinatti-vibhajati, sa chedīti kathyate| tathā, tṛḍādinut mehādijiditi ca prāyeṇābhyavahāraviṣaya eva| vraṇānāṃ śodhanaṃ sandhānaṃ ropaṇaṃ ca| śodhanaṃyat pūyapaicchilyādiprerakam| sandhānaṃ-yad dvau vraṇau caikīkaroti| ropaṇaṃ-suprasiddham| etacca kāryaṃ bāhyaviṣayamevāsya vedyam| tathā, vātalametaccāsya bāhyopayogenābhyantaropayogena ca, ante vyastaśrutatvāt| "cakṣuṣyaṃ chedi" ityādinā'sya madhunaḥ karmanirdeśaḥ| "rūkṣaṃ kaṣāyamadhuraṃ" ityanenāsya svarūpanirdeśaḥ| lāghavāccātra granthakāreṇaitadbhedādi noktam| tathā hyayameva tantrakāraḥ saṅgrahe
(sū.a.6) madhuno bhedānākhyat| yathā-"bhrāmaraṃ pa uttikaṃ kṣaudraṃ mākṣikaṃ ca yathottaram| [tatra syādbhrāmaraṃ śuklaṃ ghṛtavarṇaṃ tu pauttikam|| kṣaudraṃ tu kapilaṃ proktaṃ tailābhaṃ mākṣikaṃ smṛtam| bhrāmaraṃ tarpaṇaṃ svādu, tridoṣaṃ pauttikaṃ viduḥ|| varaṃ ca gurvabhiṣyandi kṣaudraṃ rūkṣaṃ manāgguru| mākṣikaṃ laghvapavanaṃ madhuraṃ śasyate vraṇe|| garīyaḥ svādvabhiṣyandi navaṃ, jīrṇamato'nyathā| maṇḍaḥ purāṇo madhurastīkṣṇo rūkṣo laghustanuḥ||"] iti| tathā saṅgrahe kaṭupākitvagurutvaśaityaviṣānvayatvaviruddhopakramatvayogavāhitvādīn guṇānavocat| yogavāhitve ca vivadante bahuvidaḥ| tatra kecidevaṃ samagiranta,-yadhravyaṃ dravyāntareṇa saṃyujyātmīyaṃ svabhāvaṃ hitvā saṃyuktadravyasvabhāvamevānuvartate, tadyogavāhīti| na caitadyuktam| yato yadyevaṃ yogavāhitā niścīyate tadānīṃ yogavāhidravyopayogo nirarthakaḥ syāt| tathā hi-yogavāhidravyamantareṇāpi yatsvabhāvaṃ dravyaṃ prāgāsīt tatsvabhāvameva yogavāhidravyayuktamapi| tasmādasadetadyogavāvāhilakṣaṇamiti| kecittvevaṃ pratijānate,-yadhravyaṃ dravyāntareṇa yuktaṃ sat tasya dravyasya śaktyutkarṣamutpādayati, tadyogavāhīti| tadapyasamyak| yasmādevamabhyupagamyamāne bahūni dravyāṇi yogavāhīni syuḥ| tathā ca madhvāderapi dravyasya kiñcidhravyaṃ samānaguṇaṃ śaktyutkarṣaṃ kurvadeva dṛṣṭam| tatkathaṃ madhvādereva yogavāhitvamucyate nāparasyeti| tadetadapi lakṣaṇamasacchrutatvādalakṣaṇam| apare tvevamāhuḥ,yadhravyaṃ dravyāntareṇānanuguṇenāpi yuktaṃ sattadguṇānanuvartate svaṃ ca kāryaṃ tadaviruddhaṃ kiñcitkaroti, tadyogavāhi dravyaṃ bhṛtyavat| yathā bhṛtyaḥ svāmikāryamatyajan svakāryamapi śarīrayātrādikaṃ svāmyaviruddhaṃ karoti, tathaiva madhu madanaphalasaṃyuktaṃ vamanakāryaṃ karoti, na tu vamananivāraṇaṃ madhukāryam| evaṃ madhu harītakīsaṃyogādvirecanakāryameva karoti, na madhukāryaṃ stambhanarūpamiti| ye tvatraivaṃ pratipannāḥ,-madanaphalādeḥ śaktyuktarṣastathāvidho'sti yena madhusambandhikāryamavadhūya, svaṃ kāryaṃ karotīti, te caivaṃ codayanto bhavantīti vacanīyāḥ| yataḥ stambhanadravyeṇānyena yena kenacitsaṃyuktasya sudhākṣīrasyāpi śaktiḥ kiñcidapahīyamānā dṛṣṭā, madhunā tu stambhanasvabhāvenāpyasya nāpahīyate manāgapi| ato madhvādereva yogavāhitvaṃ nānyasya| api cānyadā yogavāhi dravyaṃ trivṛtādimadanaphalena yuktaṃ sadvirecanaṃ vamanaṃ cobhayakāryaṃ kurvaddṛṣṭam, na kevalaṃ vamanameva virecanameva vā| tasmānmadhvādereva yogavāhitvamiti sthitametat| tattulyeti madhusamā guṇairmadhuśarkarā|
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
madhuguṇānāha-cakṣuṣyamiti| yatsaṃhatān kaphādīn viśleṣayati tat-chedi| śodhanaṃ-duṣṭapūyādinirharaṇam|
sandhānaṃ-vicchinnāsthyādisaṃśleṣakam| ropaṇaṃ-kṣīṇamāṃsādivardhanam nanu, iha vātalaṃ suśrutavākye tridoṣaśamanamiti virodhaḥ| maivam| viṣayabhedāt| yatra śuddho vāyuḥ śuddhaṃ madhu, tatra vātalatvam| yatra vātaghātibhirmiśraṃ madhu pittādyairvyāmiśro vāyuḥ, tatra vātaghnatvam| ubhayoryogavāhitvāt| suśrutena hi pittaśleṣmaghnatvaṃ paṭhitvā tridoṣaśamanatvaṃ paṭhatā pittaśleṣmāṇau śuddhau vātamiśrau vā, vāyu tu miśrameva madhu hantīti dyotitam| yacca carakeṇa madhuno gurutvamuktaṃ suśrutena laghutvamuktam, tatra gurutvaṃ guṇena, laghutvaṃ pākenetyavirodhaḥ| carako hi gurulaghuguṇāvevecchati| suśrutastu pākāvapi| tatra yaccireṇa pacyate tadguruguṇam, yacchīghraṃ tallaghuguṇam, yatpakvaṃ viṇmūtre sṛjati śleṣmāṇaṃ karoti tadgurupākam, yadviṇmūtre gṛhṇāti vāyuṃ karoti tallaghupākam| madhuśarkarāguṇānāha-tattulyeti| tattulyāmadhusadṛśaguṇā| vahnipākātkālapākādvā śarkarārūpatāṃ gataṃ madhu-madhuśarkarā|