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Vaidyaka
177
माधवचिकित्सित
Mādbavacikitsita
132. No. 143
A. 1882-83. Size.- 10 in. by 4 in. Extent.— 102 leaves ; 9-lines to a page ; 30 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanagari characters with पृष्ठमात्राs
hand-writing legible ; double lines in black ink on each border; benedictory phrases, colophons, topic-heading and some times 3 or 4 lines in a page are tinged with red pig. ment; fol. 46a is blank; paper is very old, musty and worn out on edges. The work deals with treatment of diseases and follows the order as given in माधवनिदान. The verses are numbered consecutively, beginning with one, two after each hundred. The total number of verses till fol. Ior' is 1693; on fol. 1024 the numbering is from 44, which shows that there is some break; it is corroborated
by want of connection in the texts of foll. 10rb and 102*, Age.- Appears to be very old. Author.-- Mādhava, son of Candrakara. Begins.-- fol. 16
डों नमः श्रीवासुदेवाय । नमा वैद्यनाथाय । अथातो ज्वरचिकित्सितं व्याख्यास्यामः । रोगानीकस्य सर्वस्य ज्वरो राजा यतः स्मृतः। तस्मात्प्रथमतस्तस्य प्रविक्ष्यामि चिकित्सितं ॥१॥ जन्मादौ निधने चव प्रायो वसति देहिनां। अतः सर्वविकाराणामयं राजा प्रकीर्तितः ।।२। मृदो ज्वरे लघौ देहे प्रचलेषु मलेषु च।।
पक्कं दोषं विजानीयात् ज्वरे देयं तदोषधं ॥३॥ete. Ends.-- fol. I02
क्षुद्वेगमोक्षो लघुता विशुद्धिर्जीर्णलक्षणं। तदा भेषजमादेयं । स्याद्विषवदन्यथा ॥५५॥ न चैकांतेन निर्दिष्टोप्यत्रापि निवसेत् बुधः।
स्वयमप्यत्र भिषजा तयं बुद्धिमता भवेत् ॥५६॥ 23 ( Vaidyaka )
