Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study)
by G. D. Jayalakshmi | 2019 | 58,344 words
This page relates ‘diseases of the Muladhara’ of the study on the Jivanandana (in English) which is a dramatic play written by Anadaraya Makhin in the 18th century. The Jivanandana praises the excellence of Advaita Vedanta, Ayurveda (medical science) and Dramatic literature as the triple agency for obtaining everlasting bliss.
The diseases of the Mulādhāra
(i) The batch of diseases that occupy the base position of the body Mūlādhāra completely are the Vraṇa (wounds) of eight types called Bhagandaras and six kind of Guḍakīlās.
(ii) Diseases born out of Kapha defect which are ten in numbers; six types of Pitta-defect and four types of Vāta-defect totalling twenty, are considered as arising out of Yakṣmā; they also attack the same place (VI.63/64; p.378):
vraṇarājaputrā āṣṭavidhā bhagandarāḥ |... ṣaḍvidhā gudakīlāḥ mūlādhiṣṭhānaṃ ābhivyāpnuvanti |... kaphasaṃbhavā daśa mehāḥ pittasaṃbhavaiḥ ṣaḍbhirvātasaṃbhavaiḥ caturbhiśca saha viṃśatisaṃkhyākā yakṣmarājaputrāḥ |
(iii) Thirteen diseases known as mūtraghātas attack the urinary track. Vāta, Pitta, Kapha, Sannipāta, Kṣata, Śukra, Vidvighāta, four types of Aśmari and Krcchra form this group (VI.63/64; p.378-79):
āparatra ca trayodaśa mūtrāghātāḥ prasajjante | etānyapi ca vāta-pitta-kapha-sannipāta-kṣata-śukra-viḍi्vaghātāśmarīkṛcchrāṇītyaṣṭau kṛcchrāṇi catasṛbhiraśmarībhiḥ saha sajjībhavanti |
(iv) Eight types of Śula along with Gulma attack the stomach area (VI.63/64; p.379):
eṣa gulmo'pi śūlamavalambya bijṛmbhate |
tathāṣṭavidhaśūlāśca nirundhanti |