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A BRIEF ON AYURVEDIC MANUSCRIPTS PRESERVEDAT UTKAL UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESW AR
M.M. PADHI,. B.DAS,. N.SRlKANTH,· N.N. PATHAK,·· KK CHOPRA···
ABSTRACT
Amongst different institutions, "Parija Library" of Utkal University, !3hubancswar
has about 101 palm-leaf manuscripts (mss.) on Ayurveda to its credit. Most of these
I11SS. have not been reported earlier. Ilerewith a brief description of these mss. has
been made with the intention of bringing it out far the Ayurvedic fraternity and to
enrich the literary stock of Ayurveda.
Introduction:The antiquity of prevalence and
propagation of Ayurveda in Orissa can beconsidered as old as the cultural heritageof Orissa. The inscriptions engravedduring the reign of Ashok at Dhauli, nearBhubaneswar speak a lot for herbaltreatment, which was commonly knownfor men and animals. This was the mostancient times when herbal treatment spreadto the neighbouring states as well as thethen Mid-Asian countries. The traders ofancient Orissa (then known as Kalinga orUtkal) were famous for their trading in thefar-east countries transacting business ofspices and herbal drugs besides othercommodities.
On the other hand, due to abundantlyavailable palm-leaves in Orissa, the samehave been predom inantly used as a sourcematerial for writing various treatises. Manyof these treatises are available on as diversesubjects as history, astrology, literature,
religion, Ayurveda and all written on palmleaves. It seems that the art of processingthese leaves to make them endurable for alonger period was known to the people ofOrissa. That is why till 19th century. A.D.such process was continuing as a tradition.
Utkal University, the oldest universityof the state of Orissa has a library largeenough to maintain collection ofmanuscripts of Ayurveda. In this paper anattempt has been made to present a briefaccount of the titles, authors and period ofthese manuscripts alongwith some of theirsalient features which need to behigh lighted.Descriptive Information:
In this library there are 101 palm-leafmanuscripts on Ayurveda. All except onewhich is in Devnagri, are scribed in Oriyascript. The language of most of thesemanuscripts is either Sanskrit, Oriya orboth. The other details regarding thesemanuscripts are as follows:
* Asst. Research Officer (Ay.), ** Asst. Director (Ay.), *** DirectorCentral Research Institute (Ayurveda) Unit - I, Bhubaneswar - 751 009
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SI. Collection Title Authorl No. of Size PeriodNo. No. Scribe folios in ems.
1. 8142 Abhinava vaidyaChintamani 141 32x3
2. 843 -do- 146 36x33. 2220 Artha Samhita 22 36.8x3.24. 835 Aswashastram Salihotra 109 38x3.25. 845/2 -do- Tika-
Ramchandra Rajguru 23 28x2.6
6. 846 -do- Salihotra 56 26x2.87. 856 -do- Bhairava Sinha 93 30x38. 897 -do- Brajsundar Signdeo87 40.8x3.19. 898 -do- Salihotra 95 24x3.510. 1648 -do- Bhairava Sinha 105 26x311 . 833 Ayurvedah Birasimha 195 30x2.312. 837 -do- 122 37x213. 838 -do- 18 33x314. 844 -do- 205 41x3 1881
Sambatsara15. 849 -do- 87 33x316. 855 -do- 145 30x3 1331 Sala17. 867 -do- 204 37x218. 1651 -do- 70 33x219. 2538 -do- 238 34x3.520.1649/1 Ayurveda Granthah 45 40x221. 2565 -do- 55 37.5x3.222. 868 Ayurveda Ratnavali 138 34x323. 737/2 Ayurvedashastram 7 37.5x3.224. 863 -do- 142 35x2.625. 882 -do- Balabhadra 86 32x3 1304 Sala26. 883 -do- 99 19x2.327. 886 -do- Lingaraj Behera 217 30x2.5 1329 Sala28. 889 -do- 242 29x329. 891 -do- 64 30x2.330. 892 -do- 57 35x2.931.2159 -do- 106 28.8x332. 2315 -do- 54 36x433.2517/1 -do- 31 32x2.334. 2575 -do- 103 30x2.335. 1647 Karma Vipaka Birasimha 113 33x336. 1958 -do- Bhrigu/Sibaram Satapathy
177 32x3 12th anka ofRamchandra Dev.
37. 866/2 Gandhak Utpatti 43 27x3
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38. 829 Chikisarnava Viswanath Sena 20339. 848 -do- -do- 14840. 872 -do- -do- 176
41. 884 -do- -do- 205
42. 1652 -do- Viswanath Sena 111(Pindika Satpathy)
43. 862 Chikitsa SaraSamgraha Viswanath Sena 218
44. 834 Chikitsa Sarvaswa Basudev 18045. 841 Chikitsa Shastram Sarangdhar 14546. 2558 -do- Laxman Grahaputra10547. 673/2 Dravyagunam 948. 832 -do- 12849. 852 Pathyapathya Nirnayah Anand Rath 10350. 857 Paryaya Muktavali 1751. 1649 -do- 6852. 1650 -do- Madan Kar 3553. 1653 -do- Hari Charan 4454. 836/2 Banausadhi Varga 1955. 854 Birasimha Samhita Birasimha 4256. 2557 -do- -do- 8557. 879 Shima Samhita Shima Das 4258. 836 Shesaja Samhita -do- 110
59. 866/1
60. 83061. 83962. 255663. 86464. 85065. 813/6
66. 860/567. 82768. 828/269. 84070. 88171. 85372. 87073. 83974. 84575. 847
Madan Vinodah Madan Nrupati 105
Madhavkar Nidanam-do- (Salvodhini)-do-ModakarnavaRasalahariRasayana RasachakraChudamani
Madhav 202(Narayan Sarangi) 171
Madhav 21671
100Narayan
19
Ratna ParikshasaraRasayana TaranginiRoga LakshanamRoga Vinischayah-do-Vaidya Jivanam-do-Vaidya Tattwarnava-do--do-
131307089
Narasimha Mohapatra98Lolimbaraj 122
-do- 165Salabhadra Mishra 171
-do- 178-do- 206
161
33x241x340x2 37 anka of
Ramchandra Dev.34x2 5th anka of
Mukunda Dev37x2.6 10th anka of
Sirakishore Dev
34x3
39x2.336x2
28.6x2.630x3.1
33x233x3
26x2.740x233x3
32x2.3 1246 Sala30x3
32x2.332x2.623x2.6
30x3 45 anka ofRamchandra Dev
27x3 43 anka ofRamchandra Dev
32.5x344x332x2
37x2.233x3
30.2x3.5 43 anka ofRamchandra Dev
30x2.835x335x335x3
36.2x340x325x340x334x338x3
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76. 86977. 86078. 828
79.80.81.82.83.84.85.86.87.88.
840845846859864871873874875876
89. 88590. 88791. 88892. 89493. 165494. 214195. 214696. 218197. 253998. 857
99. 2575100.858101.893
Comments:
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-do--do--dO--do--do--do--do--do--do-Satkantha Ratnavali(Dravyaguna) 91Satpanchasika Vatotpalah 73Hayashastram Ramchadra Rajguru40Harihara Chatuarangan Godavarish
Mishra 77 30x2.3the table (sl. noA1) given above. It saysabout the 5th anka of king Mukunda Deva(1559-1568) which can be dated around1563 A.D. approximately.
Similarly, another treatise namelyVaidya Tattwarnava written by BalabhadraMishra is also very specific to Orissa. Inthis treatise the occurrence of diseases andtheir remedies are described according tothe planetary positions of one's horoscope.Another information appears to be newwhich is a commentary namelyBalavodhini in local oriya language onMadhav Nidanam by Narayana Sarangi.Some reputed oriya poets have also scribed
-do-VaidyavinodaVaidyashastrarn-
(Nadilakshan)Vaidya Shastram-do--do--do--do--do--do--do--do--do-
-do- 19442
2711097
Dinakrishna Das 6649
Dinakrishna Das 17-do- 23
Daitari Praharaj 161Padmalochan 90
Ganesh Mohapatra 98Madhavkar/comm.
Laxman 118Grahaputra 80
Dinakrishna Das 18137
16231838881
196
Sulapani
Krishna Das
Many of the titles of these manuscriptare quite well-known to other parts of thecountry at national level like MadhavNidanam, Vaidya Jeevanam etc. But mostare specific to the state of Orissa. In someof the manuscripts the names mentionedthough are not clearly indicative of theauthor or the scribe some have been reputedthroughout the state. Like one suchtreatise, i.e. Chikitsarnava or ChikitsaSarasangraha authored by Viswanath Senati II now is not published at the nationallevel. Some indication from the period ofscribing of this treatise can be inferred from
36x330x2.8
35x330x3
39x3.230x3
18x2.637x2.2
32x228x334x3
33.3x3
1292 sala1284 sala1256 sala
24x332.2x2.9
34x321x236x330x327x334x3
32x3.242x3
1300 Sala
26x2.530x2.328x2.6
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Ayurvedic texts in prose and poetry amongwhich those ofBhima Das and DinakrishnaDas are reputed ones.
The manuscripts under thenomenclatures Ayurvedah, Ayurvedashastram and Vaidyashstram need to beexplored as some of them havecommentary also indicating the possibilityof any important treatise lying in them. Allthese 101 manuscripts cover varioussubjects of Ayurveda like KayachikitsaDravyaguna, Rasashastra, BhaisajyaKalpana as well as those of astro-medicineand veterinary treatment.
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Conclusion:Since most of these manuscripts have
not been published, exploring the same byway of transcription, edition and translationwould be helpful to bring out certain newtreatises and historical data hithertounknown.
Acknowledgment:The authors are thankful to the Vice-
Chancellor, Utkal University for his kindpermission to refer the manuscripts and theChief-Librarian as well as Pandit Asst. ofthe manuscript section for their cooperationand assistance.
REFERENCES1. Manuscripts on Ayurveda Parija Library, Utkal University, Vanivihar,
Bhubaneswar.
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