The Nepalese manuscripts of the Suśrutasaṃhitā include Bhoja as one of the great, ancient authorities of Ayuveda. The recent post by Jason Birch discusses this point. In this post I would like to give some information about this figure in medical history. The remarks below are based on the research of Meulenbeld . Date First,…
Month: January 2021
Ḍalhaṇa and the Early ‘Nepalese’ Version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā
Based on a collation of several Nepalese manuscripts of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, a provisional critical edition of the first chapter will be important evidence for future scholarly appraisals of this medical classic. The so-called Nepalese version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā is older and more rudimentary than the rendering of the text in modern printed editions, such as…