Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

W. C. Bonnerjee, Esq., 6, Park Street , Calcutta : — My dear Pandit Kabiratna Mahasaya. — I have not yet had an opportunity of seeing either of the two noblemen of whom X spoke ; when I do so, you may be sure I shall not forget my promise to you about drawing their attention to your excellent work. Writing again, sometime after. — •

An Ayurvedic physician of note . considerable praise is due to you.for your efforts to diffuse a knowledge of the scriptures of your profession.

Paul Burtholum, M. D., Philadelphia : — -I have been exceedingly struck with the profound meaning of many passages, which, indeed, go beyond anything that I ever met before in medical Literature and find their parallel only in Lord Bacon’s reflections.

H. A. D. Phillips, Esq., C. S., Magistrate and Collector, Mymensing : — The tran¬ slation would be most useful. The contents are interesting even to a layman.

R. C. Dutt, Esq., C. S., C. I. E Magistrate and Collector \ — Your patriotic labours deserve every encouragement. You have so admirably begun . You deserve the especial acknowledgments of the medical profession.

F. H. Skrine, Esq., I. C. S. I have read Charaka-Sambita with interest. It is marvellously like Ilyppocrates’ 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. Grierson, 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 as it has gone, has placed the treasures of a great work before a large 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 possibly 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 nol only of value to the physician and the antiquarian, but will be of great interest to the general reader as well. Your undertaking deserves encouragement and support, I wish you all success.

Subscribed by the Government of Indio

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 Gharaka and Susruta Samhita. I regard them as a valuable addition to my library. No doubt, an English translation would be very interesting.

Dr. Reinhdld 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 to your Sanskrit dictionaries will be gleaned from your translation.

Austin Flint, Esq., New YorL, 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., Gothenburgh , Sweden:—! 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.