Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Editor of Charaka-Samhita and of Susruta-Samhita (in original) with Commentaries ; Bengali and Hindi Translator of CharakaSamhita and of Susruta-Samhita ; Editor of ChikitsaSammilani (Medical Journal in Bengali) ; Prac¬ titioner of the Hindu System of Medicine, &c., &c., &c.

CALCUTTA:

Printed at the

“Peacock Press”, 17, Canal Street, Entally.

AND

Published at

200, Cornwallis Street, Calcutta.

( The right of Translation is reserved. )

OPINIONS OF EMINENT MEN.

Profsssor Xv'Ea,2 s A^Cullex : — I have ho doubt you ought to publish an English translation af Cnaraka. The book is of great importance. I shall oe 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 Edwatd, was much interested in it.

Sir 3\Xon.ier "^X7'illia,ra.s, XC.C.I.E. I have received your kind gift of the successive parts of the Charaka and Susruta Snmhitas. I regard them as a valuable addition to mv library. No doubt, an English translation would be very interesting.

IDl. Trots irt.Tn Old. -PoO-ii. O.X-.3X. late Librarian to the India Office. — » * *

Your excellent translatioa * * * a most valuable and praiseworthy work which will rot fail to make ancient Hiadu 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 our Sanskrit dictionaries will be gleaned from yonr translation.

-A-Xistln. Elirvt, Esq.., New York U. S. A. I have read with much pleasure the first fasciculus of your translation of Charaka Samhiia 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.

XX. Ecig-rerx, Esq.., Gothcnburgh Sweden : — I am deeply interested in anything Indian, and 1 need not say tnat 1 shall consider it as a gain to obtain whatever insight I rrvfty into the subject treated of in your valuable translation.

Professci A. V. ~r:F7~ illiaraa. Talcsom., Columbia College, New York, V. S. A. : — 1 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 werk you are doing. Be assured, Sir, of my hearty thanks and appreciation and of my deep interest in India and antique lore.

XvXons. Eirtlh., Paris : — Your efforts to place within reach of the readers of ancient literature a work of so interesting a nature beth to the Oriental scholars and ;to the men of medicine, are very praiseworthy, and 1 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.

XvXoxxs. 33. St. 3rXila,ire, Paris : — I praise you on your undertaking and wish you all suocess. The wotk 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.

Piofsssor XX. CTs/COToi, Bonn University, Germany : — The work you have undertaken will interest Sanskritists as well as medical men who care for tile History of their science. I shall not fail to draw the attention of some eminent physicians whom 1 know personally, to the ancient work of Charaka.

XXerr 33,. <3"a,r"tos, Prinzenstram Keningsburg, Germany ■. — The English trans¬ lation of Charaka Samhita is perhaps, at least from an historical point of view, the most important work of the medicinal literature of your country.

Sir Croft, Zbvffi. -A-., C. X. E. Director of Public Instruction.

Bengal: — I have been greatly entertained as well as edified by the examination in part IV of all the things which a man shall not do. A layman can understand the precepts and such a guide to life cannot be other than valuable.

T a,mes V7. Eeese, Esq.., Westminister, Maryland, U. S. A. : — You have undertaken a great and difficult work, and one which, it seems to me, deserves the appro¬ bation and encouragement of all who care to know what wise men of the past ages thought and taught on a topic so important as the preservation of health and the cure of disease.

T7s7_illia,m. Emette Coleman, Esq., San Francisco, California,—

* * * As each succssive part is issued, the greater intrinsic value of the work is apparent.

* * * There is much in it both of interest and value to the Western .mind, occidental medical science, therapeutic and hygienic. American and European medical science has dxa.s. X3. Sajorrs, Esq.,, Philadelphia, U, S. A. * — You are entitled to the: greatest praise. Next May or June the Satellite — a jonrnal under my editorial manage¬ ment — will begin to review nooks, etc , and one of the first to be taken up will be yours.