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G. 3066 निबन्धसंग्रहः (चिकित्सास्थानम्) Nibandhasamgrahaḥ (Cikitsāsthānam)
by Dalhana, son of Bharata (Pāla)
Substance : Country-made paper. Size : 33 X 11.5 cms, Fa Lios: 1-42, 101-188, 199-241.241-249,250-289,299-309, one without pagination. 310-325- 260. Lines: 8. Letters: 35-36. Script: Nāgari. Condition: Old, damaged. Extent. Incomplete.
Left hand pagination follows as-189-230,289-377,378507. Pagination seems to be wrong. The MS. contains the Cikitsāsthānam which is incomplete. This manuscript is very important from the point of view of determination of the authorship of the commentator. The commentator Dalhana discloses his identity at the end of his commentary, as 'Bharatātmaja', meaning thereby, that his father's name was Bharata. This assertion justifies that he was the son of Bharata or rather Bharatapāla, court physician of king Nộpāla, and the grandson of Jayapāla. Dalhana himself probably remained in the court of Sahanapāladeva of Pāla dynasty of Bengal (Vide MS. G-1540D). Beginning :
ॐ गणेशाय नमः। शारीरानंतरं चिकित्सास्थानमारभ्यते ॥ अथातो द्विवणीयचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥ दो व्रणी अधिकृत्य कृतं चिकित्सितं विव्रणीय चिकित्सितं विकारः प्रतीकारः। दो व्रणी भवतः सा(शा)रीरः वा(आ)गन्तुश्चेति। तयोः शारीरः पवनपिर्णकन्त(पित्त)कफशोणितसनिपातनिमित्तः। श्रा(आ)गन्तुरपि पुरुषपशुपलियालसरीसृप (प्र)पतनपीडनप्रहाराग्निक्षारविषतीक्ष्णौषधशकलकपालमु(गचक्रेषु
परशुशक्तिकुत्रा(न्ता)चायुवानि(धाभिषात निमित्तः। End :
तान्ये(ने)व शसमेध्या (मयेद्व्या)धीन् कवलोय(या)नपोहति ।
