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 1
tatra dravyasya rasādibhyaḥ prāṅnirdeśaḥ, prādhānyāt||1||
dravyameva rasādīnāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ, te hi tadāśrayāḥ||1||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
rasādīnāmiti nirdhāraṇe ṣaṣṭhī| rasavīryādīnāṃ madhye dravyameva pradhānam| kutaḥ? te-rasādayo, hi-yasmāt, tadāśrayāḥ-tadeva dravyamāśrayo yeṣāṃ ta evam| ata eva kevalā rasādayo nopalabhyante| tasmāt dravyaṃ pradhānam| §2383 5