Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita [sanskrit]
273,418 words | ISBN-10: 8121800226 | ISBN-13: 9788121800226
The Sanskrit edition of the Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita, including the commentaries Sarvangasundara and Ayurvedarasayana. The Astangahrdaya-samhita deals with the eight-fold divisions of Ayurveda: (l) Medicine, (2) The science of the special diseases of the supra-clavicular parts of the body (viz. eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat etc.), (3) Surgery, (4) Toxicology, (5) Psycho-therapy, (6) Pediatrics, (7) Rejuvenation and (8) Virilification. Original titles: Vāgbhaṭa Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (वाग्भट अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता), Aruṇadatta Sarvāṅgasundarā (अरुणदत्त सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरा), Hemādri Āyurvedarasāyana (हेमाद्रि आयुर्वेदरसायन).
Section 66
vardhayetsandhito gātraṃ marmaṇyabhihate drutam||66||
chedanātsandhideśasya saṅkucanti sirā hyataḥ||67||
jīvitaṃ prāṇināṃ tatra rakte tiṣṭhati tiṣṭhati||67||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
adhunā marmābhighāte cikitsāmāha-marmaṇyabhihate sati, gātraṃ-śarīraṃ, āśveva cedayet| kutaḥ? sandhitaḥ,sandhipradeśāt| hi-yasmāt, sandhideśasya cedanātsirāḥ saṅkucanti-saṃvṛtamukhā bhavanti| varddhayediti varddhachedanādāviti caurādikaḥ| ataḥ-sirāsaṅkocātkāraṇāt, 5 raktaṃ na bahirnissarati| tatra rakte tiṣṭhati-bahiravahati sati, jīvitaṃ tiṣṭhati|