Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

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PART V.

CHARAKA-SAMHITA

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.

PUBLISHED BY

AVINASH CHANDRA KAVI'RATNA, .

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.

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Printed by D. C. Dass & Co., “Corinthian Press,” 33, New China Bazar and

Published at 200, Cornwallis Street.

( The right of translation is reserved. )

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169 Mt. Prospect, Ave Newark, N. J .,

August 5th, 1892.

Dear Sir,

After my long silence it may seem to you that I am not interested in the great work that you have under¬ taken in translating Charaka Samhita ; but, indeed, I am ! Had I acted upon my first impulse and sent you a simple acknowledgment, I should have saved my reputa¬ tion for politeness.

Probably you will understand me when I say that it was because I wished to do more that I did less. I thought I would delay writing for a week so that I might read the number carefully and express an opinion.

From what little I have been able to study the work,

I cannot share your hope that it will be studied as a source of information concerning medical science and practice, or that it will modify the latter in any important way. Its conclusions do not seem to me to be so much ' like scientific deductions as like the results of empericism. This idea is, I am sure, likely to be modified by what I shall see in later numbers, but at present I can take no other view. This does not at all detract from the importance of the work.

As an historical contribution, its importance can scarcely be overestimated. —

Faithfully, Yours (Sd.) H. H. RUSBY,

{Editor, Department of Botany and Materia Medica.)

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( The Darjeeling News, August, 6th, 1892.)

“ We have received a copy of the third fasciculus of the English translation of Charaka-Samhita by' Pandit Avanash Chandra Kaviratna, the Editor of a Medical Journal in Bengali. The work seems to be in the nature of a reper¬ tory of hygeine as understood by the ancient sages, and shows clearly that many important truths were as well known then as now. The lessons on the inadvisability of suppressing the urgings of nature, the necessity of physical exercise, and the action of the passions and feel¬ ings on health, cannot fail to be very interesting and instructive. Great credit is due to the Pandit for his able and careful translation. We take this opportunity of correcting a misimpression which appears to have gone abroad that Gharaka is entierly a medical work and bristles with technicalities. So far from this, it is full of in¬ teresting matter which is sure to be profitable to every one who reads it ; and it ought to find its way into every house where health is regarded as a matter of supreme importance.”

( The Indian Mirror, Tuesday, November 1, 1892.

“In acknowledging Pundit Abinash Chunder Kaviratna’s English translation of 1 Chayaka Samhita, ’ . Lord Ripon has assured the Pundit of his interest in ancient Hindu medical literature, and hopes, from the fascicules already out, that the work, when complete will, form a valuable accession to every library. The history of medicine and its gradual development is not yet complete. An English translation of ‘ Charaka,’ one of the oldest

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tfeatises on the subject of medicine and medical philo¬ sophy as understood by the Hindus, is sure to supply European scholars with a rich store of materials for compil¬ ing that history. It is pleasant to note that Lord Ripon’s interest in Indian publications remains unabated. Difficult and costly as the enterprise is in which Pundit A. C. Kaviratna is engaged, the assurance of such sympathy on the part of eminent personages is sure to encourage him in its earnest prosecution.”

Corfu , Greece.

My Dear Sir,

I beg to send you the following reamarks published in one of the famous journals of Greece, viz., “ Voice regarding your English translation of Charaka.

Yours sincerely, Andrew N. Kaphallinos.