Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

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

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Bengal. The members of this community looked like Dravidian people, while the Vaidya community of Patia area of Cox-bazar sub-division of Chattagrama district of United Bengal looked like the Mongoloid race of Burma, with their flat nose and fair skin. So in my opinion the Vaidya community belongs to the Dravida-Mongoloid race of Bengal, but not to the Ambastoi clan or tribe of ancient Sind which was fair coloured group of people with a different feature of physique. It is a vain glorious attempt of Sri Sankara Sen to raise the status of his group of people to that of the glorious tribe of Sind, whorn Alexander met on his way to Babylon.
Author's indebtedness to the previous Ayurvedic physicians :
As mentioned in the preface, Sri Sankara Sen profusely borrowed the original verses of Nadivijnanam for the infrastructure of his Nadiprakasam. It has been shown by placing side by side some original verses of Nadivijnanam and those of Nadiprakasam that Sri Sankara Sen had borrowed at least 32 original verses from Nadivijnanam.
Besides, he has collected materials for his Sanskrit commentary from other sources and his own knowledge and experience in the study of the science of pulse. It is to his credit that he has made the study of the science of pulse more comprehensible and interesting to both the Physicians and pupils of Ayureyda with his keen intellect and masterly
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