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 15
surarṣiguruvṛddhebhyaḥ siddhebhyaśca surālaye||24||
diśyuttarasyāṃ tatrāpi devāyopaharedbalim||24||
paścimāyāṃ yathākālaṃ daityabhūtāya catvare||25||
gandharvāya gavāṃ mārge savastrābharaṇaṃ balim||25||
pitṛnāgagrahe nadyāṃ nāgebhyaḥ pūrvadakṣiṇe||26||
yakṣāya yakṣāyatane saritorvā samāgame||26||
catuṣpathe rākṣasāya bhīmeṣu gahaneṣu ca||27||
rakṣasāṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu pūrvasyāṃ brahmarakṣasām||27||
śūnyālaye piśācāya paścimāṃ diśamāsthite||28||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
surādibhyaḥ pañcabhyaḥ surālaye baliṃ dadyāt| tatrāpi devāyottarasyāṃ balimupaharet| daityabhūtāya paścimāyāṃ diśicatvare balimupaharet| gavāṃ pathi vastrābharaṇasahitaṃ baliṃ gandharvāyopaharet| pitṛnāgagrahebhyo nadyāṃ baliṃ dadyāt| nāgebhyaḥ pūrvadakṣiṇadeśe baliṃ dadyāt| yakṣāya yakṣaprāsāde athavā saritoḥnadyoḥ, samāgame balimupaharet| rākṣasaśabdeneha brahmarākṣaso gṛhyate| rākṣasāya catuṣpathe bhayānakeṣu vaneṣu ca baliṃ dadyāt| dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu diśi rākṣasānāṃ baliṃ dadyāt| pūrvasyāṃ diśi brahmarakṣasām| śūnyālaye paścimāṃ diśamāsthite piśācāya baliṃ dadyāt|