Dvyasrayakavya

Author(s): Satyapal Narang
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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Erudition
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8. Śrotra 9. Pāyu 10. Upastha II. Vacas 12. Pāṇi 13. Pāda 14. Manas. 15. Rūpa. 16. Rasa. 17, Gandha. 18. Sparśa. 19. Sabda. 20. Tejas. 21. Jala. 22. Pţthivī. 23. Nabhas. 24. Vāyu and 25. Ātmani. Ātman is described as non-doer, attributeless and enjoyer (I. 196).
YOGA : In the opinion of Hemacandra, Yoga is the. highest stage of human life (XI. 98). One can be sanctified by the practice of Yama and Niyamas (VII. 46). Hemacandra has referred to Idā and Pingalā and in his opinion no one can be. called as true yogin without the knowledge of these entities (Ku. VIII. 24). He thinks that the nectar exudes from the aperture of the head (Brahmrandhra and an ascetic who drinks it is never afraid of old age or death (Ku. VIII. 24).
AYURVEDA : Physicians are called Kovids (VI). 26). Both physicians and veterinary doctors are mentioned in the poem (VIII. 19). Some diseases. medicines and herbs have been specified in the poem. The following diseases have been named.
Dysentery (Atisāra, X11.57), Diarrhoea ( Pravāhikā XVIII. 97), A fistula in the anus or pudendum (Bhagandara, XI, 77), Gout (Vātāla XVIII. 74,75); Cholera (Viśūcikā, XIII. 82) and Small-pox (Sitalikā, VII. 43). . An exhaustive list of the medicines is not found in the Dvyāśrayakāvya. A few domestic treatments are scatteringly alluded. A mass of fried and ground flour of barley was bandaged on the wound (VI. 82). Karīra was ground in water and pasted on a wound (XV. 64). Ashes of Karīra heal the
1. Cf. Sāåkhyakārikā of Iśvarakļşņa, 22
प्रकृतेर्महान् ततोऽहङ्कारस्तस्माद्गणश्च षोडशकः ।
तस्मादपि च षोडशकात् पञ्चभ्यः पञ्चभूतानि ॥ Also See Sarvadarśanasangraba, op. cit., pp. 317-320 (Sāökhya Darśana).