Ayurvedic manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library

[By Dominik Wujastyk ]

Asvayurveda / Jayadatta. - AD 1364 - Date of copying: Thursday 11 krsnapaksa of Magha, With 1 extra leaf having 6.5 verses of Bhujmoli With letter numerals. leaves 1-95, 1 leaf: palm leaf. - In Sanskrit. [Nepala] samvat 484. With wooden end boards. script, plus jottings with a later date. Bhujmoli script. Begins, leaf 1 v: namah sarwajnaya | pranamya sankaram bhaktya sankaram sarvadehinam sivaya jagatojatam sivankapi visesatah | su[ksa?]vavodhasavdartham succhavistaravarjitam | laksanam vajidehastham samksepena yathakramam | cikitsartham samasena siddhausadhisamanvitam | muniproktani sastrani samyagalakrvajinah | srimadvijayadattasya putrana kriyate dhuna | srimata jayadattena sabdanam hitam i[ ]ta | Leaf 95 r ends: tenatra navihitayaka[ ]abhisankaya | rasayanakalpadhyayah | samapta cedam asvayurvedasastram krtir iya[m] mahasantas[r]ijayadattasya | samvat 484 maghakrsna [tear] yo 11 dasyam sravananaksatre vrhaspativasare likhitam idam pustakam | Shelved at Add 2832. Carakasamhita / Caraka leaves 1-35, 37-46: paper. In Sanskrit. - Jaina style Devanagari script. Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] asyagre cikitsasthanam asti tat padau rasayanam tamtram asti | athato 'bhayamalakiyam rasayanapadam vyakhya{sya}mah | iti ha smahur atreyadayo maharsayah | Leaf 44 r has: agnivesakrte tamtre carakapratisamskrte cikitsasthane caturtho dhyaya samaptah 4 || athato gulmacikitsitam vyakhyasyamah Ends, leaf 46 v: yogan gulmanivarhanam | tryusanam triphaladhanyam | bi [text breaks off]. Shelved at Add 2534. Nyayacandrikapanjika / Gayadasa leaves 2, 1 leaf, leaves 15-78: paper. - In Sanskrit. - Commentary on the Susrutasamhita. - Bibliography: Meulenbeld, MN 398-399; NCC 5.312 a, 10.317 a. - Published description: ZDMG 58(1904); JRAS (1906). Jaina Nagari script. Begins, leaf 2 r: bhautikam krtam pranikayam tasyedam hetusvalaksanakaryovamtayaravyanam iti] hetutvadibhir visosair ga[tear] | 2 | off]. Leaf 25 r has: sausrute salyatamtro nyayacamdrikayam sukrasonitasuddim sariram dvitiyo dhyayah Leaf 33 r has the end of adhyaya 3; Leaf 45 v has the end of garbhavyakaranam; Leaf 56 r has the end of pratyekamarmmavirdesadhyayah; Leaf 59 v has: iti nyayacamdrikayam pamjikayam sarirasthane siravarnavibhaktisariram dhyayah | Leaf 66 r has: iti [...] siravyadhavidhisariram Leaf 71 v has: iti [...] dhamanivyakaranam namasariram dhyayah Ends, leaf 78 v: yad aha | atrapi nilavatpratikara iti | kalatite [...] | tatrapi salyi bhavan [text breaks Shelved at Add 2491. Rajamarttanda In Sanskrit. leaves 6-51: paper. This may be the work of Bhojadeva also known as Yogasarasangraha. - Bibliography: cf. CC 1.502 a, 2.220 b for a work of this name on medicine by

D. Wujastyk, Sanskrit Ayurvedic Manuscripts ... Bhojadeva (extracts insufficient for identification.). - Covers verses 26-425.- Devanagari script. Leaf 6 r has: 26 | silakusumasauviranisasyamanvitaih samaih | Leaf 7 r has: | 35 | iti srirajamarttamde sirorogacikitsa samaptah | Leaf 12 r has: iti netrarogacikitsa Leaf 16 r has: iti mukharogacikitsa Leaf 17 v has: iti dramukharogacikitsa Leaf 18 v has: iti snanakarnadivrddhyadhikarah [...] Leaf 53 r has: | 398 | iti rasayanadhikarah Leaf 55 v has: | 415 | iti gomahisinam adhikarah Leaf 56 v has: | 425 | tato marut sonitabhesajani stambhasya corvoh samanah prakarah. Shelved at Add 2480. Rasaraja/Matirama. - 113 AD 1745 1-17: paper. In Hindi. Copied by Ruparama, s.o. Somesvara of the Motala jnati. - Date of copying: 11 suklapaksa of Pausa, sam 1802. - Complete. - Devanagari script. Leaf 1 r has 3 lines in Hindi; Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] hota na Ends, leaf 17 r: iti sri cimtamanicaranakamalacamcarikamatiramaviracito rasarajah samaptim agamat | samvat satrahasaibarasubite ikunasiti | pusam 'sita ekadasi pothi lisi suriti | samvat 1802 varse pausamase site pakse motalajnatiyasomesvaratmajena ruparamena likhito yam gramthah | Shelved at Add 2503. [Rasasastra text] 171 leaves: palm leaf. - - In Sanskrit. The text has the word 'pithika' frequently. Foliation very confused, and no chapter or other colophons. - Nepalese script. Begins, leaf 2 r: su ma[ ]inas anvavrktemna jaratiitagrasena dive dive vatukam iti | Ends, leaf [142]r: metta srngimrtapi[ ]vahalapu [ ]ena a[] tohanah pithikastamtana uvatiti | Shelved at Add 1652. Rasendracudamani / Somadeva leaves 1-3: paper. - Devanagari script. In Sanskrit. Covers the divyausadhilaksana adhyaya only (verses 1-69). Begins, leaf 1 r: [...] mamthanamairavamahagamasampradista Ends, leaf 3 v: iti srisomadevaviracite rasemdracudamanau divyau{sa}dhilaksanadhyayah samaptah om tat sat harih. Shelved at Or 99. Salihotra / Nakula. - AD 1777 leaves 1-3, 5-37, 39: paper. In Sanskrit. - - - Formerly property of Ramapratapa. Ksemavijayagani. Date of copying: Wednesday 8 suklapaksa of Sravana, sam 1833. - Copied by Covers the complete 14 adhyayas, plus an extra 18 lines. With one additional leaf, numbered 2, having 21 lines, called Asvalaksanapariksa. Jaina style Devanagari script. Begins, leaf 1 v: pam ramapratapena samarpitam idam || kamaladalabikasaih sarbadevadhidevahs tribuvanajanacaksujyotisam tah moksabhajam ca margyamti marah harati duritam voh bhaskaro nekabhanuh 1 sradrstva samyak nakulah sastram krtsnam himalo trim brute sastram anamtam ca sastram krtva samasaneh 2 Leaf 3 r has: iti srinakulabiraycate salihotre prathamo dhyayah || 1 || Ends, leaf 39 r: iti srinakulakrte asucikasthite asvasalam vidhi samaptah samvat 1833 varse sravanasudi 8 astami budhavasare lisitam pam | ksimavijayaganinam || Shelved at Add 2841. Sargadharasamhita / Sarngadhara. - AD 1611 leaves 1-37, 40-94: paper. In Sanskrit. - - Formerly property of Vyasamahadeva, s.o. Vyasajanardana. Copied by Harirama of the Pancabhrata family. - Date of copying: 2 suklapaksa of Vaisakha, sam 1668. - Leaf 25 torn in half. - Leaves 31, 62 are suddhipattras. First khanda ends on leaf 19 r (end of adhyaya 7). Jaina Nagari script. Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] sriyam sadadyad

Ends, leaf 94 v: iti damodarasuno sarngadharasya viracitayam samhitayam cikitsarasacurnagutika avalehavastiniruhananetracikitsa prasadanakarmmavidhir adyayah | subham astu | samvat 1668 samaye vaisasasudi 2 subhadine likhyapitam srisrivyasajanarddanatmajasrivyasamahadevena likhitam kayastha hariramapamcabhratasrivastavyena | [...]. Shelved at Add 2489. Susrutasamhita / Susruta [With] Nibandhasangraha / Dalhana leaves 1-38, 41-347, [48], 49-163: large paper. - In Sanskrit. - Bibliography: Meulenbeld, MN 408- 409.Nepalese script. Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] sariranamtaram cikitsasthanam arabhyate | athato dvivraniyacikitsitam vyakhyasyamah Ends, leaf 163 r: dosaghnam iti yena dosena sukhegega aracca | iti cikitsite nivamdhasamgrahe catvarimso dhyaya | nivamdhanavahudhaviksabhisak sri dallanavidhah cikitsasthanam samaptam | subham bhavatu | gramthasamkhya 1272 | cikitsasthanam akarot suvodham bharatatmajah | Shelved at Add 1410. Trisati / Sarngadhara. - AD 1770 leaves 1-28: paper. In Sanskrit. - Also called Vaidyavallabha. - Copied by Nanigadasa(?), s.o. Ceksacandra(?). Date of copying: Tuesday 12 suklapaksa of Asadha, sam 1827. - Bibliography: Meulenbeld, MN 429; NCC 8.269 a; cf. IO 2713. - Jaina Nagari script. Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] udayagirisirastho nidraya sudham etaj Ends, leaf [28]r-[28]v: | 332 | iti yatipativaravaikumthasramasricaranasisyena sarngadharena viracitayam trisati samapta | samvat 1827 varse asadhamase suklapakse dvadasiyamamgalabasare bibabarajicchri 108 srice[28 v]ksacamdrajitkasya sisyena nanigadasena [i]dam gramtham likhitam | Shelved at Add 2440. Vaidyajivana/Lolimbaraja leaves 1-16: paper. - In Sanskrit. - Complete. - Devanagari script. Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] prakrtisubhagagatram Ends, leaf 16 r: | 23 | iti divakarasutalolimvarajaviracite vaidyajivane pamcamo vilasah | Shelved at Add 1474. Vaidyavallabhasangraha / Vangasena. - AD 1276 - - leaves 1-11, 13-100, 5001-5009, 510-550, [551]: palm leaf. In Sanskrit. Title from colophon. - The relationship of this MS to the usual recensions of the Cikitsasarasangraha is not yet clear. Formerly property of Brahmasara, Sivabrahmabhava and Laksmibrahmabhava. - Copied by Vikrama. Date of copying: Thursday 7 krsnapaksa of Asadha, [Nepala] samvat 397. - Copied in Satagala vihara(?). Published description: BM 1879, IO 2698, by Haas. Later hand than Add 2832. This important early MS must be taken into account in studying the formation of Vangasena's work. - With a detailed handwritten note on the MS, including extracts, by E. Haas. Nepalese script. - Begins, leaf 1 v: namah sivaya | natva sivam prathamatah pranipatya candim [...] srivangasenabhisaja khalu yasyavrddhavadyaya [... - effaced] sajativrddhan | atra prapavam apahaya cikitsakanama kantavallabhatamalikhitah prayogah vasati yasya cikitsakavallabhah sakala [... effaced] dha[r]mmarthakamamoksanam arogyam mulam uttamam arogasa [... effaced] Leaf 100 v ends: devadaru ca mustavavitrakavilvayesika | ka[ ]lam srngaveram ca pippalyasvatthanas tatha sauviram amjanam Leaf 5001 r begins: kikaksakah | arkkaksirasata[ ]a cavacacavyahalatrikam | Leaf 550 v ends: ya[h] ka[s]cid atra bhisajavahuvedinas tan prakramya nesa likhitah kila kin tu santah | drahya [partly torn] Leaf [551]r starts: syate me matta ko pi samadharmmakalo[ ]ayam niravadhi [...] so yam bhaven na yadi gabhiralamkhalanam kvinnodyekena nasakottakam iksitah syat | kanjikavasaniyatasrigadadharasununa | krto yam vangasenena sangraho vaidyavallabhah |

D. Wujastyk, Sanskrit Ayurvedic Manuscripts... mahesvarapadambhojapujaprakhyatamurttate | kirttya projvalitasisa jagate gurave namah | tasyoddesapayahpura prakhya[ksa?]litamanomalah | 115 alikhed vikramo sau samgraham vaidyavallabham | samapto mahavaidyasrivangasenavaidyavallabhanamo yam sangrahah | samvat 397 asadhakrsnasaptamyam vrhaspatidine likhitam iti | satagalaviharavaidyavijnavrahmasarodivangatakasya pustakam vijnavrahmasa[ta?]rokasya putra sivavrahmabhavo laksmibrahmabhavo ubhayakasya pustakam subham astu | Shelved at Add 1707. Yogasataka/ Nagarjuna. AD 1365 [With] Candrakala / Dhruvapala leaves 1, 2, 4-8, 10-12, 14-17, 19-25, 1 leaf: palm leaf. - In Sanskrit. - Date of copying: Monday 11 suklapaksa of Pausa, sam 486 (or Sunday suklapaksa of Bhadrapada, sam 404 | AD 1283). Published edition(s) of work: Pondichery 1979. - Bibliography: This is MS N 2 of Filliozat's 1979 edition (see p.xxvxxvii for extracts). - Published description: Filliozat 1979, xxv-xxvii. - Filliozat misinterprets the (virtually illegible) date of this MS (bhujanga = 8). For his reproduction of Cordier's transcription see 1979 ed., xxvi. With a slip with notes by a modern scholar. - Nepalese script. Leaf 1 r has: sam 404 bhadrapadasudi 12 ra[...] Begins, leaf 1 v: om namah sarvva[...] | krtsnasya tantrasya grhitadhamna Leaf 25 v has verses 108, 109; Leaf [26] badly effaced: see 1979 ed., xxvi. Shelved at Or 150. Yogasataka Nagarjuna. - AD 1608 leaves 1-16: paper. - In Sanskrit. Author's name not given in this MS. - Date of copying: 2 krsnapaksa of Magha, sam 1664. - Published edition(s) of work: Pondichery 1979. - Bibliography: see Pondichery ed. - Complete. - Jaina style Devanagari script. Begins, leaf 1 v: [...] krtsnasya tamtrasya grhitadhamna Ends, leaf 16 r: nana prakarabhayanidabhutam krtsnam bhavaty evam anuttarogam | 121 | iti sriyogasatakam sampurnam | samvat 1664 varse maghamase krsnapakse dvitiyam lisitam idam viharina [... in different hand:] pustakam idam molili | sam 1704 | madhya. Shelved at Add 2538.