Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society 1949

Ed. by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society with translations in Hindi, Gujarati and English (= Mff), 6 vols., Jamnagar 1949, Devanagari script. [JE]

Title page: bhagavatĀ’’treyaPunarvasunopadiṣṭā tacchiṣyeṇa maha­rṣiṇĀgniveśena tantritā Carakadrḍhabalābhyāṃ pratisaṃskṛtā Carakasaṃhitā, sānvaya-hiṃdī-gurjara-āṅgleti-bhāṣātrayānuvādālaṅkṛtā vividhapāṭhāntaraiḥ saṃ­yojitā, bhāratavarṣāntargatasaurāṣṭra­pradeśe śrī Jāmnagare śrī Gulābkuṃvarbā Āyurvedik Sosayaṭī ityākhyayā saṃsthayā saṃpāditā prakāśitā ca, … śakābdaḥ 1871, khristābdaḥ 1949, vikramābdaḥ 2005.

English title page: The Caraka Saṃhitā. Expounded by the worshipful Ātreya Punarvasu, compiled by the great sage Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka & Dṛḍhabala. … Edited and published in six volumes with translation in Hindi, Gujarati and English by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society. Jamnagar, India, 1949.

Copies: WL. BFS/CAR – open shelves; ULBH Mü 1901 G 971; UH Sy 243; PEP; PKP.

Remarks: vol. 1 pp. 14-20 contains a list of 44 editions and mss. used or – at least – known to the editor (= list). The relevant passages in vi 8 follow Gangadhara’s interpretation. The arrangement of chapters in ci is according to the eastern recension. Readings from the following mss. and editions were noted:

  • ka: haridāsasaṃskṛtagranthamālāyāḥ prāptā paṃḍitatārādattapantena saṃśodhitā carakasaṃhitā, saṃvat 1994 (i.e., 1937 A.D.) (no. 4 in the list). (= no. 34)
  • kha: śrīnarendranāthaśāstriṇā pariśodhitā carakasaṃhitā, 1st ed., 1929. (no. 7 in the list) (= no. 26, La2E)
  • ga: elphinsṭanakolejapustakālayāt prāptā hastalikhitā carakasaṃhitā.
  • gha: jayadevavidyālaṃkāreṇa kṛtayā hindīṭīkayā yuktā carakasaṃhitā, 1st ed., saṃvat 1991[-1993] (i.e., 1934-1936 A.D.) (no. 27 in the list). (cf. no. 31, 1st ed. of La3E)
  • ca: yogīndranāthasena mahodayena kṛtayā samskṛtaṭīkayā yuktā carakasaṃhitā, 1st ed., 1920 [1922, 1930] (no. 5 in the list). (= no. 20, C7E)
  • cha: carakasaṃhitā (mūlamātram) śrīyādavajī ācāryeṇa pariśodhitā, 3rd ed., 1933 (no. 11 in the list). (cf. no. 22, Bo7E)
  • ja: haridattaśāstriṇā saṃśodhitā cakrapāṇijejjaṭaṭīkā yutā carakasaṃhitā, 2nd ed., 1940 (no. 6 in the list). (cf. no. 36)
  • jha: yaśodānandanasarakāreṇa kṛtā baṃgālībhāṣāntarayutā caraka­saṃhitā, 3rd ed., 1930 (= no. 28 in the list). (cf. no. 8, C5E)
  • ṭa: tirupatiprāptahastalikhitā carakasaṃhitā, saṃvat 1805 (i.e. 1748 A.D.).
  • ṭha: telugubhāṣāntareṇa yutā carakasaṃhitā, 1st ed., 1935 [1937, 1939] (no. 26 in the list). (cf. no. 32)
  • ḍa: śrī gulābakuṃvarbā āyurvedapustakālayaprāptahastalikhitā carakasaṃhitā, saṃvat 1881 (i.e.,1824 A.D.). (possibly one of the Jnd mss.)
  • ḍha: “śrībhāṇḍārakar rīsarc insṭiṭayūṭ” – prāptā hastalikhitā caraka­saṃhitā, no. 64. (= P3d)
  • ta: śaṃkaradājīpadekṛtayā marāṭhīṭīkayopetā carakasaṃhitā, bhā. 1-14, [3rd ed.] 1926 (no. 13 in the list). (cf. no. 9, Bo1E)
  • tha: “śrībhāṇḍārakar rīsarc insṭiṭayūṭ” – prāptā hastalikhitā carakasaṃhitā, no. 67, 1868 (= no. 108 of the Survey of Manuscripts).
  • da: kavirājagaṃgādharakaviratnena kṛtayā saṃskṛtaṭīkayopetā caraka­saṃhitā, śa. 1849 [1850, 1855] (i.e., 1927, 1928, 1933) (no. 2 in the list). (= no. 25, C8E)
  • dha: nirṇayasāgarapresaprakāśita-cakrapāṇidatta­ṭīkāyuta­caraka­saṃ­hitāyāḥ pāṭhāntarāṇī, 3rd ed., 1941 (no. 1 in the list). (= no. 21, Bo5E)
  • pa: yogīndranāthasenakṛtaṭīkāyutāyāḥ carakasaṃhitāyāḥ pāṭhāntarāṇi, 1st ed., 1920 (no. 5 in the list). (= no. 20, C7E)
  • pha: carakasaṃhitāyāḥ mūlamātrāyāḥ pāṭhāntarāṇi, 3rd ed., 1933 (no. 11 in the list). (= no. 22, Bo7E)
  • ba: pañjābayunivarsiṭī-prāptā hastalikhitā carakasaṃhitā, saṃvat 1706 (i.e. 1649 A.D.).
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