Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

This and the former seven fascicules, which I perused with great in¬ terest, have afforded me considerable delight, as they contain very valu¬ able and useful information. Allow me to congratulate you on your havinosuccessfully completed these fascicules. Such a popular work as this wifi surely induce one and all to undertake it from motives of pecuniary profit, but I am glad to find that your motives are not such. Yet this gigantic undertaking will, no doubt, require money to bring it to a successful con¬ clusion. I hope the enlightened public will liberally help you.

Yours faithfully,

(Sd.) Kerola Varma Valingakoil Tampuran, F.M.W., M.R.A .S.

From VankatiUo Ram Chandra, Government Pleader of Puna. Dear Sir,

I have received the first eight parts of your English translation of “Charaka-Samhita.” It is, I need hardly mention, a very useful and im¬ portant work, and the undertaking is highly laudable. Persons who are slightly acquainted with Sanskrit can derive much help from the trans¬ lation to study the original Sanskrit work. Persons who are unacquaint¬ ed with Sanskrit will now have light by which they would know what is contained in the Samhita. The work will show to the foreign nations what the ancient Hindus were capable of producing. * * * *

I hope, God will crown your labour with success. What is most remark¬ able is that the translation is made by one who is acquainted with the European science, and consequently a person well acquainted with the European sciences can make the best use of the work. In short, the work may be said to be a miracle of human industry. Please register my name as a subscriber, and kindly send me all the numbers, as they are issued. * * * * *

I have shown your books to my friends here, and they all admire the undertaking. A friend of mine, Mr. Vaikunt Vithal, Hospital Assistant at Karwar, has already written to you.

I remain,

Yours very sincerely,

(Sd.) Yankatarao Ram Chandra,

From Babu Pramada Dass Hitter,

Benares.

Dear Sir, * * * * *

Medical works cannot be interesting, as a rule, to the general reader ;

but the present, connected as it is with days of India’s past greatness, must commend itself to the earnest attention of every Hindu. I can well appreciate and admire your efforts to make known to the modern civilised world the truths of our ancient medical system, for ours is that abject and degraded condition in which we cannot appreciate the wisdom of our own saints and sages unless it is certified by the white people of the west and the far west. * * * *

Yours sincerely,

(Sd.) Pramada Dass Mitter.

From The Western Druggist.

Chicago, U. S. A.

March, 1894..

This ancient medical work of India is certainly a revelation. Although not particularly a student of Oriental literature, the writer has always had a profound respect for the ancient Hindus, based on a knowledge of their attainments and philosophical development gathered from general reading. However, he could never have imagined, without access to this translation, how far advanced in civilization was that race so many centuries ago, how those wise men had observed nature, and how accurately and correct¬ ly they reasoned. It is truly wonderful.

It appeals to every intelligent person, medical profession. * * *

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PART X.

CHARAKA-SAMHIT7

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.

Published by

AVINASH CHANDRA KAVIRATN A,

Editor of Charaka-Sam'hita and of Susruta

( in original ) WITH COMMENTARIES; BENGALI

Hindi translator of Charaka-Samhita , OF SuSRUTA-SamHITA ; EDITOR- OF GhIKITS Sammilani ( Medical Journal in Bengali) ; PRACTITIONER OF the Hindu System of Medicine,

&c., &c., &c.

Calcutta

‘Corinthian Press,” 33, New China B.

From Dewan Bahadur R. Raghu Nath

i Sir, ;

Dated 13th dime, 189Jf.

r have received the 9th fasciculus of your .translation of “Charaka-Samhita” ion to the previous eight ones.

knj man, who docs something for propagating, truths, is entitled to the gratit.i 5 people. Of truths those concerning the soul, the body, and property are m 1. On these subjects our forefathers’ knowledge was the highest and the pure were not satisfied with theories simply, but tried to demonstrate their trui it mathematically. Medical science is one the truths of which are subject to t ■ience of all. whether learned or unlearned. Nothing can be taken on trust, a thing required, to be fully demonstrated and' proved beyond. doubt, : unlike me cs. Any man could say that the remedies, prescribed for certain diseases, were tr t. Like all 'out sciences, medical .science ha.s. also. been left uncultivated, so mu it the remedies, imperfect, in" many cases as they have been brought into -use piers, have been the subject of our admiration, and their religion, .medicine a ave begun to be considered superior to those of our Risliis. At such a junctu lerson who would show us what our Rishis had recorded for the good of the wor eal benefactor. Of such persons whose number is very small, you are prominent I wish you success, arid hope that our intelligent and honest brethren of t will begin to trust the ancient Hindu practice more than the Allopathic practi lat.we are wont to term this enlightened age.

Yours sincerely,

(Sd.) R. Raghu Nath Rao.