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INTRODUCTION
A Critical description of Nadivijnanam of Maharshi Kanada, given by the editor, indicating its relation with other sources :
Nadivijnanam of Maharshi Kanada was found by the editor in the library of his elder brother, a wellknown Kaviraja (Ayurvedic physician) of Bengal, after his death in 1962, at a village of Burdwan District of West Bengal. This work composed in Sanskrit in poetic order is a short treatise on the science of pulse as its very title connotes. It has commentary1 on the basis of which its contents can be well understood with all its meanings.
1. The following editions of Nadivijnanam are found in National Library, Calcutta
i) Kanada-"Nadivijnanam"-a treatise on pulse with a Commentary by Gangadhara Vaidya, Calcutta-1902. ii) Kanada-Nadivijnanam-with a commentary by Jivananda Bhattacharya. Edited by Asubodha Vidyabhusan and Nityabodha Vidyaratna, Calcutta-1921.
iii) Kanada-"Nadivijnanam tatha Nadiprakasam," Edited with Bengali translation by Devendra Nath Sen and Upendra Nath Sen, Calcutta, 1918.
There is no English translation of Nadivijnanam.
Introduction
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