Essay name: Physician as depicted in Manasollasa
Author:
Sri B. S. Hebballi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This thesis critically evaluates the role of physicians in Ayurvedic literature, particularly in King Somesvara's Manasollasa. It explores the connection between mind and body health, emphasizing the influence of diet and actions.
Chapter 1 - Significance of Manasollasa and its relevance today
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They are fumigated with the smoke of Viḍanga ghṛta. 27 The second
method is about a special treatment given to the milky trees. According
to this method, the seeds are soaked in cow's milk continuously for ten
nights. They are dried in shade, coated with cowdung and mixed with the
milk of a tigress and ashes and with barley and wheat.
28 Then he mentions about the treatment of soil. The soil used for
planting fruit and flower giving trees should be sprinkled with sweet
water and should be free from pieces of stones. It should be smooth and
soft. Someśvara says that the following should be used as manure for
getting the highest yield : ( 1 ) Dung of pigs, horses, etc. (2) Fats of
elephant, fox, deer, etc. ( 3 ) Flesh of fish, dog, mouse, deer, cat, cāsa bird
etc.29 (5.1.40-98 ). Further, he tells about pits. The pit in which a tree is
to be planted should be four feet square and four feet deep. The trees
should be planted according to their size. They may be of big, medium or
small size. The space between the trees should accordingly be about 16,
11, 8 or 14 hastas 30 (one hasta measures about 18 inches). Trees and
plants should be well protected from frost, extreme heat, smoke, fire,
insects and birds. Weeds should not be allowed to grow near the pits.³ 31
27. स्वभावपक्वफलिनोर्निर्दोष� शुष्कमातपे �
फलबीजं समालिप्त� गोमय� दिनपञ्चकम् ।।
विडङ्गघृतधूपेन धूपितं कारयेद्भृशम् �
सर्वेषामेव वृक्षाणामे� बीजविधिः स्मृतः ।। [svabhāvapakvaphalinornirdoṣa� śuṣkamātape |
phalabīja� samālipta� gomaye dinapañcakam ||
viḍaṅgaghṛtadhūpena dhūpita� kārayedbhṛśam |
sarveṣāmeva vṛkṣāṇāmeṣa bījavidhi� smṛta� || ] 5.1.7-8.
28. गोक्षीरभावित� बीजं दशरात्रं निरन्तरम� �
[gokṣīrabhāvita� bīja� daśarātra� nirantaram |
] 29.
छायाशुष्कं � मिलितं व्याघ्रीदुग्धे� भस्मना ।।
यवगोधूममिलित� गोमयेन प्रलेपितम् �
स्थापयेत� क्षीरवृक्षाणां विधेया बीजसंस्कृतिः ।। [chāyāśuṣka� ca milita� vyāghrīdugdhena bhasmanā ||
yavagodhūmamilita� gomayena pralepitam |
sthāpayet kṣīravṛkṣāṇā� vidheyā bījasaṃskṛti� || ] 5.1.9-10.
द्राक्षा भवति सुस्वादभूयिष्ठ - फलशोभिता � [drākṣ� bhavati susvādabhūyiṣṭha - phalaśobhitā | ] 5.1.42.
30. षोडशैकादशाष्टौ वा तथ� हस्ताश्चतुर्दश �
कर्तव्यं रोप्यमाणानामन्तराल� महीरहाम� � [ṣoḍaśaikādaśāṣṭau vā tathā hastāścaturdaśa |
kartavya� ropyamāṇānāmantarāla� mahīrahām |] ! 5.1.13.
31. नीहाराच्चण्डतापाच्� धूमाद्वैश्वानरात्तथा �
जालकाराः (रात्) प्रयत्ने� रक्षणीया� क्षमारुह� ।। [nīhārāccaṇḍatāpācca dhūmādvaiśvānarāttathā |
jālakārā� (rāt) prayatnena rakṣaṇīyā� kṣamāruha� || ] 5.1.25.
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