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 20
jīvatkhaṅgādiśṛṅgotthān sadā bālaḥ śubhān maṇīn||26||
dhārayedauṣadhīḥ śreṣṭhā brāhmayaindrījīvakādikāḥ||27||
hastābhyāṃ grīvayā mūrdhnā viśeṣātsatataṃ vacām||27||
āyurmedhāsmṛtisvāsthyakarīṃ rakṣobhirakṣiṇīm||28||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
bālaḥ sarvadā śubhahetūn maṇīn bibhṛyāt| kimbhūtān? jīvantaśca te khaṅgādayaśca, teṣāṃ śṛṅgāṇi, tebhya utthānaṃ yeṣāṃ tān, jīvatāmeva ye gṛhītā ityarthaḥ| śṛṅgagrahaṇamupalakṣaṇārtham, ata eva sarpādijānapi maṇīn dhārayet| tathā, oṣadhīrbrāhmyādīḥ śreṣṭhāḥ-śubhāḥ, dhārayet| kaiḥ? pāṇyādibhiḥ| viśeṣeṇa sarvadā vacāṃ dhārayet| kimbhūtāṃ vacām? āyurādikaraṇahetuṃ tathā rakṣonivāriṇīm|