SAKALA VAIDYASAMHITA SARARNAVA
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Title
of the Work: ‘Sakala Vaidyasamhita Sararnava (sakala vaidyasamhitA sArArNava) (ಸಕಲ ವೈದ್ಯಸಂಹಿತಾಸಾರಾರ್ಣವ) also known as ‘Veerarajendroktivilasa’
(vIrarAjEndOktivilAsa) (ವೀರರಾಜೇಂದ್ರೋಕ್ತಿವಿಲಾಸ)
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Author: Kalale Veeraraja (kaLale vIrarAja) (ಕಳಲೆ ವೀರರಾಜ)
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Period: 1700 A.D.
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Subject Matter: Medicine
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Brief Introduction: This is a
huge volume on Ayurvedic Medicine edited painstakingly from a limited number
dilapidated palm leaf and paper manuscripts. The author has collected
information, not only from the acclaimed classics of Ayurveda such as ‘Charaka
Samhita’ and ‘Sushruta Samhita’, .but also from various schools of folk
medicine. Material is collected from Sanskrit, Kannada and Telugu sources. The
Kannada translation of Telugu material, provided by B.S. Sannaiah runs to 170
pages. It seems that the material presented in this text is collected by a team
rather than a single person. Even the edition by Sannaiah, is incomplete. The
complete manuscript which is now available is yet to be published.
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Publication History
a.
1932, (First Volume), edited
by D. Srinivasachar and D.L.Narasimhachar, published by Government Oriental
Library,
b.
1964, (First Volume) (Revised
Edition)
c.
1984, (Second Volume) edited
by B.S. Sannaiah, published by
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