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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 47
dīrghakālaprasaṅgāttu kṣāmakṣīṇakṛśānnarān||76||
prasahānāṃ rasaiḥ sāmlairbhojayetpiśitāśinām||76||
laghūṣṇakaṭuśodhitvād dīpayantyāśu te'nalam||77||
māṃsopacitamāṃsatvātparaṃ ca balavardhanāḥ||77||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
dīrghakālaprasaṅgāttu mande'gnau satyasamyagāhārarasapariṇatyā hetubhūtayā kṣāmakṣīṇakṛśānnarān piśitāśināṃprasahādīnāṃ, rasaiḥ sāmlairbhojayet| kasmāttānetān bhojayet? ityāha-laghūṣṇetyādi| laghutvāduṣṇatvātkaṭutvācchodhanatvācca te rasāḥ śīghramagniṃ dīpayanti| bhāvapradhānanirdeśaḥ pūrvavaccātra yojyaḥ| nanu, prāgabhyadhāyi (hṛ. sū. a. 6/61)- "guruṣṇasnigdhamadhurā vargāścāto yathottaram|" iti| iha ca prasahānāṃ laghutvamucyate| tadime vacasī parasparaṃ vyāghnāte| atra brūmaḥ| lāghavaśabdo'tra kriyāviśeṣārthaḥ| dhāvanaplavanalaṅghanādikā ceṣṭā, tasyāḥ pāṭavaviśeṣo lāghavam| yathā ca prāgadhyagīṣṭa (hṛ. sū. a. 2/10)-"lāghavaṃ karmasāmarthya" iti| evaṃ cātrāvirodhaḥ| hetunirdeśādanye'pyevaṃprāyā ye māṃ sarasāstānapyetān bhojayediti| te ca-prasahāḥ, māṃsopacitamāṃsatvāddhetoḥ suṣṭhu balaṃ vardhayanti|