Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

F. H. Skrine, Esq., I. C. S. : — I have read Charaka-Samhita with interest. It is marvellously like Hyppocrates’ maxims in spirit and form. It is wonderful to note the comparatively advanced views held by the sages of your country and how completely they had anticipated discoveries which we moderns flatter ourselves are due to the enlightenment of this age.

G. A. Gierson, Esq., C, S., Gya It will supply a want long felt. I shall be obliged by your getting my name down as a subscriber to the work.

Dr. Griffith Evans, M. D., Brynkynalt, Bangor, North Wales : — The book is exceedingly interesting and instructive for those who are fond of tracing the origin, growth and development of medical science, and also illustrates some ancient customs of India.

The Honorable Raja Peary Mohun Mukerji, C. I. E. : — Your English translation of Charaka-Samhita, so far it has gone, has placed the treasures of a great work before a.I'arge class of readers. Notwithstanding the inevitable difficulty of identifying a large number of plants, mentioned in the Sanskrit text, the translation must be accepted as pos¬ sibly the best that could be expected, under the circumstances. People are beginning to find that a knowledge of the laws of Health should form a prime element in every system of education. They could look for no better guide than Charaka-Samhita. It is a work that should be in the hands of every Hindu, old or young.

The Hon’ble Justice Gooroodas Banerji,— The work is not only of value to the physician and the antiquarian, but will be of great interest to the general reader as wel 1 Your undertaking deserves encouragement and support. I wish you all success.

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CHARAKA-SAMHITA

(TRAN SLA TED INTO ENGLISH ).

, PUBLISHED BY

AVINASH CHANDRA KAVIRATNA,

EDITOR OF CHARAKA-SAMHITA AND OF SUSRUTA-SAMHITA (ill Original) WITH COMMENT¬ ARIES ; BENGALI AND HINDI TRANSLATOR OF CHARAKA-SAMHITA AND OF SUSRUTA-SAMHITA ; EDITOR OF CHIKITSA-SAMMILANI (Medical journal in Bengali) ; practitioner of THE HINDU SYSTEM OF MEDICINE, &C., &C.. &C.

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OPINION OF EMINENT MEN.

( Extracts from their Letters.)

Professor Max Muller : — I have no doubt you ought to publish an English transla¬ tion of Charaka. The book is of great importance. I shall be very glad to help you in any way you may wish. — Writing again in November 1893, he says, — . I am surprised that your excellent and most useful translation has not attracted more attention. . Our Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir Henry Edward, was much interested

Sir Monier Williams, K. C. I. E. : — I have received your kind gift of the successive parts of the Charaka and Susruta Samhita. I regard them as a valuable addition to my. library. No doubt, an English translation would be very interesting.

Dr. Reinhold Rost, C. I. E. late Librarian to the India Office — . Your excellent translation . a most valuable and praiseworthy work which will not fail to make ancient Hindu medicine better understood and appreciated in the West .

I shall draw the attention of Oriental scholars to your difficult and meritorious work

. Many important additions tp your Sanskrit dictionaries will be gleaned from your translation.

Austin Flint, Esq., New York, U. S A. : — I have read with much pleasure the first fasciculus of your translation of Charaka Samhita and shall be very glad to receive the rest of the work, it cannot fail to be of great interest to the medical profession, which will be under great obligations to you.

A., H. Edgren, Esq., Gotheuburgh, Sweden I am deeply interested in anything Indian, and I need not say that I shall consider it as a gain to obtain whatever insight I may into the subject treated of in your valuable translation.

Professor A. V. Williams Jackson., Columbia College, New York, U. S. A. — I must congratulate you, with true appreciation of your efforts. I should very much like to make a little note, in one of our papers, of the praiseworthy work you are doing, Be assured, Sir, of my hearty thanks and appreciation and of my deep interest in India and antique lore.

Mons. A. Barth., Paris : — Your efforts to place within reach of the readers of ancient literature a work of so interesting a nature both to the Oriental scholars and to the men of medicine, are very praiseworthy, and I shall be happy to bring the work to the notice of the French public, or, at least, of those who take an interest in these researches.

Mons. B. St. Hailaire, Paris : — I praise you on your undertaking and wish you all success. The work is of interest to all learned men and to medical men, and the commentaries written on it prove its value and utility. I will put in a notice in the Journal des Savants as soon as I can and shall be happy to do you justice.