Sambodhi 1979 Vol 08

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Review
by Dharmatma Tatyaji Maharaj Memorial Medical Relief Trust. It contains 34 research papers, whose topics can be classified into : (a) purely botanical studies from advanced medical point of view are con.
tained in five research papers. (b) Studies of Ayurvedic treatment of specific diseases or health complaints
are contained in twelve research papers. An important contribution is
on successful treatment of leucoderam. (©) Exposition of basic principles of Ayurved is contained in eight research
papers, one of which deals with Ayurvedic method of identification and mode of investigation; yet another deals with I-tsing's observa
tions on bath treatment. (d) General aspects of Ayurved in relation to modern living conditions are
dealt with in eleven research papers. They include Shri M. S. Parkhe's important contribution on improvement in environmental public hygiene and Sarvashri Khan and Chaghtai's on Unani concept and treatment of jaundice.
These 34 researah papers are sufficient to indicate the wide range and scope in which the principles of Ayurved have been found relevant to modern conditions of both public health and personal hygiene and good living. Within the pages of this volume, there is discussion, both of general principles and summaries of scientific experiments. Accordingly, it is a witness to the firm contradiction, in rational terms, of the unscientific belief that Ayurved was superstition or that its practitioners were quacks. On the other hand, the significance and value of Ayurved and its practice would enable bringing within the reach of the poor masses of a developing country, solutions of health problems on definite and valid lines, suited to a low purchasing power and yet sanctioned by results of modern research. Dr. A. M. Parkhe and Dr. S. K. Lal, who have edited these research papers have rendered service to the cause of Ayurved.
S. V. Sohoni
Anvikşānayatattvabodha by Vardhamānopādhyāya, edited by Shri K. Raghunathan, published by G. N. Jha K. S. Vidyapeeth, Allahabad, 1979, pp. 10+130. Price not mentioned.
We know that the fifth chapter (adhyāya) of the Nyāyasūtras of Gautama deals mainly with the topics of Jāti (tricky devices) and Nigrahasthānas (checks in debate). This Anvīkşānayatattvabodha is an elaborate and lucid commentary thereon, composed by Vardhāmana Upādhyāya, a