INTIMATION FOR BODHIKA SEMINAR - 04/04/2022

DEPARTMENT OF  SAMHITA  SAMSKRITA  AND  SIDDHANTA

GOVT. AYURVEDA COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

NAME  OF  FIRST PRESENTEE : Dr SEETHAL M C

THESIS TOPIC: CRITICAL EDITION OF ROGAVICHARA 

KHANDA , BHESHAJAVIKALPA KHANDA AND 

KRIYABHEDA KHANDA OF THE MANUSCRIPT 

'BHESHAJAPADDHATI'

NAME OF GUIDE: Dr SUNITHA G R 

NAME OF CO GUIDE: Dr E M DEVAN

DATE: 04/04/2022

TIME: 2:00-4:00 PM

VENUE: MICROSOFT TEAMS

ABSTRACT

Manuscript is a knowledge based hand written composition on palm leaf, birch bark, paper, cloth, metal, or any other materials, which has significant scientific, historical, philosophical or aesthetic value. India has an estimate of 10 million manuscripts, probably the largest collection in the world. These cover various subjects like Ayurveda, literature, philosophy etc. Among the Ayurveda manuscripts, a considerable amount remains unexplored and unpublished.  Hence it is necessary to explore and publish the valuable knowledge in these manuscripts.

            The manuscript ‘Bheshajapaddhati’ written by Purushottama, which is preserved in Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Karyavattom was selected for this study. ‘Bheshajapaddhati’ comprises four khandas (chapters), namely Rogavichara khanda, Bheshajavikalpa khanda, Kriyabheda khanda and Upakrama khanda. The fourth khanda entitled, Upakrama khanda has been critically edited in Department of Samhita Samskrita and Sidhanta, Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram. In the present study, remaining three khandas of ‘Bheshajapaddhati’ are selected for critical edition. Primary reading of these khandas revealed that, it deals with the description of doshas, diseases, properties of various dravyas and therapeutic procedures. Critical edition and English translation of these khandas will add up to the existing knowledge on the text and will lead to its completion.

The digitized copy of the source manuscript identified from Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Karyavattom and the manuscript having similarity in title, author and contents obtained from Government Sanskrit College Library, Thrippunithura were considered for critical edition. These manuscripts were analyzed for their mutual relationship. Then the critical edition of these khandas was carried out by following the methods of lower criticism. Finally the English translation of the text will be done.

NAME  OF  FIRST PRESENTEE : Dr HARSHA S

THESIS TOPIC: AN ANALOGY OF AYURVEDA 

DEEPIKA AND JALPAKALPATHARU ON 

CHARAKA SAMHITA CHIKITSA 
STHANA

NAME OF GUIDE: Dr RESMI B 

NAME OF CO GUIDE: E M DEVAN

DATE: 04/04/2022

TIME: 2:00-4:00 PM

VENUE: MICROSOFT TEAMS

                                                                     ABSTRACT

Charaka Samhita is an important authoritative writing on Ayurveda, composed years ago before the well established era of documentation. It very well depicts the logic and philosophy on which Ayurvedic principles are laid down. At present, the widely accepted Sanskrit commentary on Charaka Samhita is Ayurveda Deepika written by Chakrapanidutta in 11^th AD. Jalpakalpatharu is also a complete commentary written by Gangadhara Rai in 19^th century. These two books have their own specialties due to difference in time span, style, distinctive knowledge, cultural aspects, philosophical thoughts and facts.

Therefore a comparative study of these commentaries will help to identify different perceptions on the same topic, difference in opinion due to geographical variations, time span etc. This study is intended to compare Chikitsa sthana of Charaka Samhita, the most important section focusing on various treatment principles of Ayurveda, using Ayurveda Deepika and Jalpakalpatharu.

              The text utilised was Charaka Samhita with Ayurveda Deepika commentary and Jalpakalpatharu commentary edited and revised by Kaviraja Shree Narendranath Senguptha and Kaviraja Shree Balachandra Senguptha published by Choukhambha Orientalia reprinted in 1991, collected from the library of Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram. Primary comprehensive reading of both commentaries and content analysis was done. Based on this, domain identification and fixation was done. The three main domains are linguistics, methodology and scientific interpretation. After critical and comparative study under these domains the data generated in tabular form. The data thus collected were observed and statistically analyzed to find out the similarities and dissimilarities in these domains. Both the commentaries showed similarities in the domains of definitions, meaning of terms and concept and dissimilarities in the domains of grammar, cross reference, tantrayukti, nyaya and description of drugs.