Introduction This paper represents a preliminary edition and translation of Suśruta Saṃhitā Cikitsāsthana 26. The verses in the chapter are composed in anuṣṭubh metre and deal with potency-therapy (vyājīkaraṇa). In comparison with the vulgate edition (A), K covers verses 1 through the beginning of 27, of which only the first five akṣaras are found. The…
Author: Kenneth Gregory Zysk
Note to “Doṣas by the Numbers”
In my recent publication “Doṣas by the Numbers: Buddhist Contributions to the Origins of the Tridoṣa-theory in Early Indian Medical Literature with Comparisons to early Greek Theories of the Humours” , I cited Suśrutasaṃhitā, Sūtrasthāna 1.24 (2) as follows, based on the vulgate edition of : śārīrās tv annapānamūlā vātapittakaphaśoṇitasannipātavaiṣamyanimittāḥ But bodily (unbalances) that have…