Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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The Honorable Raja Peary Mohun Mukerji, C. I.E. Your English tran¬ slation 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 far no better guide than Charaka-Samhita. It is a work that should be in the hands of every Hindu, old or yonng.
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 well. Your undertaking deserves encouragement and support. I wish you all success.
PART XXVIII.
CHARAKA-SAMHITA.
(TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.)
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AVINASH CHANDRA KAVIRATNA,
DITOR OF CHARAKA-SAMHITA AND OF SUSRUTA-SAMHITA (in original) WITH COMMEN¬ TARIES ; BENGALI AND HINDI TRANSLATOR OF CHARAKA-SAMHITA AND OF susruTa-samhita ; editor of chikitsa-sammilani (Medical journal in Bengali) ; practitioner of the Hindu'
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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 shal be very glad to help you in any way you may wish — Writing again in November 1893, he says — . Iam sur¬ prized that your excellent and most useful translation has not attracted more attention . Our Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir Henry Edward, was much interested in it.
Sir Monier Williams, K. C. I. E. I have received your kind gift of the successive parts of the Charaka and Susruta Samhitas. I regard hem as a valuable addition to my library. No doubt, an English translation would be very interesting.
Dr. Reinhold Rost, C. I. E. late Libiarian 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 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., Gothenburgh , 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 as¬ sured, Sir, of my hearty thanks and appreciation and of my deep interest in India | and antique lore.
Mons A. Birth., 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 of interest to all learned men and to medical men and the com¬ mentaries written on it prove its value and utility. will put in a notice in the Journal des Savants as soon as I can and shall be happy to do you justice.
Professor H. Jacobi, Bonn University, Germany . — The work you have undertaken will interest Sanskritists as well as medical men who care for the History of their science. I shall not fail to draw the attention of some eminent physicians whom I know personally, to the ancient work of Charaka.
Herr. R. Garbe, Prinzenstram Konigsburyh, Germany • — English translation 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 Alfred Croft, M A., C. I. 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.
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS
OF
PART XXVIII.
The contents of this Part are extremely interesting.
The subject is concluded of the manner in which a woman who has just delivered should be treated, (pp. 859 — 60).
Instructions are then laid down about, the names that should be bestowed upon the new-born child, (p. 860).
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