Devendranath & Upendranath Sen Gupta 1897/1898

Ed. by Devendranath Sen Gupta and Upendranath Sen Gupta (= M*j), Kolkata: Dhanvantari Machine Press 1897/1898 (śaka 1819) [C6E], Devanagari script.

Title page: Caraka-saṃhitā. mahāmuninĀgniveśena praṇītā maharṣiCarakeṇa prati­saṃskṛtā kavirāja śrīDevendranātha Sena Guptena kavirāja śrīUpendranātha Sena Guptena ca sampāditā saṃśodhitā prakāśitā ca. Charaka Samhita, by mahamuni Agnibesha, revised by maharshi Charaka, compiled & edited by kabiraj Debendra Nath Sen and kabiraj Upendra Nath Sen. Kalikātā rājadhānyāṃ, ūnatriṃśa­saṃkhya­kakaluṭolā­bhavana­stha Dhanvantari Meśin Yantre śrīHaridās Vandagopādhagayena mudritā, śakābdāḥ 1819.

Copies: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Jc 128; ULBH Mü 1901 S ?? (Bibliotheca Leopoldina Halle, Gb/Mü 750; ULBH, accession number 202/98/2572)

Remarks: ci follows the eastern recension.
Meulenbeld, who did not see this edition, mentions that it should contain a Bengali translation, which is, however, not included in the two copies mentioned above.
According to the introduction (vijñāpanam), the editors have used many mss. from Varanasi, Kashmir, Mumbai, Pune, etc., some Dravidian mss. and very old mss. owned by the editors themselves (… kāśī-kāśmīra-vamve-drāviḍa-punā-prabhṛtibhyo nānāsthānebhyo hasta­likhitāni vahūni pustakāni samāhṛtya tāni, asmākam api prācīnatama-hastalikhita-viśuddha­pustakāni cāvalokyātisāvadhānatayāsaṅgatapāṭhānāṃ susaṅkhatiṃ [recte susaṅgatiṃ] kṛtvā viśuddharūpeṇa carakasaṃhitā mudritā prakāśitā ca).

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