Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

t Thus light which particularly enters into the composition of the sense of vision, forms also the essence of rupa or form, because form is the attribute of light. Both vision and form partaking of the nature of light, vision concerns itself with or appre¬ hends form. So also is the case with hearing and sound. Both partake of the nature of space, and hence sound is apprehended by the sense of hearing. So on with every other sense and the objects they apprehend. — 71

+ Take the sense of vision first. Its object is rupa or form. Excessive correlation of vision and form would be excessive use of sight for seeing objects, such as keeping oneself awake, by resisting the inclination to sleep, for seeing entertaining scenes and shows. The absence of (judicious) correlation would imply the scant Use of the eye or its total disuse, Improper correlation means the witnessing of repulsive or horrible

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PART IV.

CHARAKA-SAMHITA

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.

Published by

AVINASH CHANDRA KAVIRATNA,

Editor of Caharaka Samhita and of Susruta Samhita

(in original) WITH COMMENTARIES; BENGALI AND

Hindi translator of Charaka Samhita and of Susruta Samhita • editor of ChikitsaSammilani ( Medical Journal in Bengali) ; PRACTITIONER OF the Hindu System of Medicine,

&c., &c., &c.

Calcutta ;

Printed by D. C. Dass & Co.,

“Corinthian Press,” 33, New China Bazar and

Published, at 200, Cornwallis Street.

' 1892.

( The right of translation is reserved. )

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scholar of the Aryan medicine, as Mr. Kaviratna, promises to be a reliable one. The first number of his translation, now on our table, shows with what care and zeal .he is doinghis work. Only the first few pages of Gharaka’s work are translated in this number. Wherever any names of Indian plants have occurred, he has given equivalent botanical names in foot notes He has also appended ample foot-notes, both explanatory and critical. An ardent admirer of the Indian system of medicine as Mr. Kaviratna appears to be, he does nowhere, in his introduc¬ tion to his translation, hold up the Indian'system, ag comprising highly scientific doctrines regarding the struc¬ ture and functions of the human body.”

( Extract from the Theosophist , Madras.)

“The translation is undertaken by a well-known Kaviraj of Calcutta, Pundit Avinash Chandra Kaviratna. He has already produced good editions of Charaka and Susruta Samhitas ; and has now sent us the first part of his translation.

The foot-notes containing English and botanical equivalents to names of Indian drugs, are very valuable, and show how much pains have been taken with them. We sincerely hope that, considering the necessity for the translation of these most ancient Indian Medical works we possess, the public will come forward to purchase it, for nothing can be a greater need to the rising generation of this country than to exactly know what their ancestors thought and did.”

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( Extract from the Bengal Times, Dacca .)

“Paadit Avinash Chundra Kaviratna, by education a student, by inclination and training, a physician, has seized upon the medical lore of his forefathers, who wrote their works in Sanskrit, in view to its diffusion in a popular form, and to its study as a standard system among practitioners.