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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AYURVEDIC MANUSCRIPTS
सर्वनेोत्तमं प्रोक्तं (शीतं) मधुरं रसपाकयोः । सहस्रवीर्य (र्यं) विधिवधृतकर्मसहस्रकृत् ॥६७॥ मेदापस्मार मूर्छा च शिराकर्णाक्षि योनिजान् । 1) Printed book reads क्षुधाग्नि ।
2) Printed book reads fast!
Printed Book : Narayana Sarma, Purandar, Poona, Anandasram Press, 1896.
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III. F. 6
धन्वन्तरिनिघण्टुः
Dhanvantarinighaṇṭuḥ (by Dhanvantari)
Substance : Country-made paper. Size : 19.5 X 12.3 cms. Follos: 1-78. Lines : 26. Letters: 20. Script : Nagari. Condition: Old. Extent: Incomplete.
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It appears to be the earliest pharmacopoeia of Ayurveda. The title is mentioned in the folio 12a, 16th line as
Beginning:
DhanvantarInighantuh (इति धन्वंतरीये (य) निघंटे (टी) गडूच्यादिप्रथमो (S) - ध्यायः II) But the cover page contains the title as Dravyāvalināmanimayah The text continues upto कृतान्नवर्ग:, the manuscript is incomplete at the end. Author's name is not mentioned here, but Gurupada Halder in his Vaidyakavṛttanta ascribes the authorship to Dhanvantari, a contemporary of Amarasimha, Prof. P.V. Sharma however, in his edition of Dhanvantari-Nighantuḥ asserts that 'Dhanvantari' is not connected with the authorship of this work.'
उ नमो गणेशा (य) नमः ॥ धन्वंतरये नमः ॥
श्री परमात्मनि धन्वंतरये विश्वभेषजाय जगद्धेतवे ॥
नमानि (मि) धन्वतर (न्तरि) मादिदेवं सुरासुरैर्व (र्व) दितपादपद्यं (धम्) ।
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