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 5
kāraṇānuvidhāyitvātkāryāṇāṃ tatsvabhāvatā||4||
nānāyonyākṛtīḥ satvo dhatte'to drutalohavat||4||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
kāraṇaṃ-hetuṃ, avaśyamanuvidadhatīti kāraṇānuvidhāyīni| āvaśyake ṇiniḥ| kāraṇasvabhāvāni kāryāṇi bhavanti sarvāṇyeva, tasmāddhetoḥ kāryāṇāṃ tatsvabhāvatā| svabhāvaśabdaḥ sadṛśārthaḥ| tacchabdena kāraṇaṃ parāmṛśyate, tasya-kāraṇasya svabhāvatā, tatsādṛśyam| tasmātkāryakāraṇasādṛśyāddhetoḥ satvomahābhūtānuga ekarūpa eva, anekarūpā nānāyonyākṛtīḥ-jātibimbaviśeṣān, dhatte-dhārayati| kathamiva? drutalohavat| yathā rūpyādivastujātamagninā drutarūpatāṃ gatamekarūpameva sikthādikalpitāyāṃ nānārūpāyāṃ manuṣyādyākṛtau tanniṣiktaṃ tāṃ tāmākṛtiṃ yathākalpitāṃ dhatte, evaṃ sa satvo nānāyonau gacchati, tāṃ tāṃ yathāsvamākṛtiṃ dhārayati|