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PREFACE
A study of Nadiprakasaml of Sri Sankara Sen (19th-20th Cen. A.D.) of Bengal, composed in Sanskrit in verse order, with a Sanskrit commentary and written in Bengali script, throws light upon the science of pulse, indicating various types of diseases of the human body.
It appears from a comparative study of Nadivijnanam of Maharsi Kanada and Nadiprakasan side by side that Sri Sankara Sen composed his work on the basis of Nadivi jnanam and other sources of materials on the science of pulse. He translated it into Bengali with Sanskrit commentary in Bengali script with more clarity so that the Bengali Ayurvedic physicians and their pupils could easily understand
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The following editions of Nadiprakasam, Sankara Sen, have been found in National Library, Calcutta. (1) Sankara Sen-Nadiprakasam with Sanskrit commentary
and Bengali translation. Edited by Kalipada Vidyaratna,
Calcutta. (ii) Sankara Sen-Edited with Bengali translation by Nagendra
Nath Sen, Calcutta, 1914. There is no English translation of the books available in National Library, Calcutta.
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