Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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The prominent features of Nadiprakasam lay in the determination of the time of death and the longevity of a person on the basis of the movement of his pulse.
The numerous symptoms of movements of the pulse of patients were meant to be helpful accessories in the diagnosis of diseases. Whatever has been revealed by an analysis of Nadiprakasam, all that has been said in Nadivijnanam of Maharsi Kanda on the science of pulse for the benefit of the people, afflicted with diseases. Nadiprakasam of Sri Sankara Sen is purely a work on the science of pulse dealing with symptomology of various diseases.
Nadiprakasam is more or less a compilation of Nadivjnanam with a Sanskrit commentary as it appears from a study of its contents by analysing verses with those of the latter. In some places Sri Sankars Sen borrowed some verses of Nadivijnanam in their original forms and substances. The point will be clear when they are placed below side by side.
In the method of examination Nadiprakasam states in the verse 8.1
of pulse
"अङ्गुष्ठमूलमधिपश्चिमभागमध्ये । ATET - Hatofa: Fad gatearil NP. 8.1
This version of the same verse is found in its original form in Nadivijnanam verse-3. with a slight linguistic change.
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