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 42
durbalaḥ śodhitaḥ pūrvamalpadoṣaḥ kṛśo naraḥ||49||
aparijñātakoṣṭhaśca pibenmṛdvalpamauṣadham||50||
varaṃ tadasakṛtpītamanyathā saṃśayāvaham||50||
haredbahūṃścalān doṣānalpānalpān punaḥpunaḥ||51||
durbalasya mṛdudravyairalpān saṃśamayettu tān||51||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
durbalādayaḥ pañca mṛdvalpaṃ virecanauṣadhaṃ pibeyuḥ| kimityāha-yasmāt tat-virecanauṣadhaṃ, asakṛtpunaḥpunaḥ, pītaṃ varam, na bahu| anyathā-bahu tīkṣṇaṃ cauṣadhaṃ pītaṃ, saṃśayāvahaṃ-prāṇasandehakāri| tathā, punaḥpunaḥ prayuktamauṣadhaṃ calān bahūn doṣānalpānalpān haret| evaṃ balahāniṃ vinā doṣanirhāraḥ kṛtaḥ syāt| turavadhāraṇe| durbalasya narasya mṛdudravyairalpāneva tān doṣān samyak śamayet|
Commentary: Hemādri’s Āyurvedarasāyana
durbalādīnāṃ pañcānāṃ mṛdvalpaṃ cauṣadhaṃ deyamityāhadurbala iti| yadyapi mṛdalpaṃ na śodhayet tathā'pi tadevāsakṛtpeyam, na tu bahutīkṣṇam, jīvitasaṃśayāt| bahupracalitadoṣasyāpi durbalasyaśodhanaṃ mṛdvalpamevetyāhaharediti| alpapracalitadoṣasya durbalasya śamanamevetyāhaalpān saṃśamayediti|