Descriptive Catalogue Of Sanskrit Manuscript Ayurvedic Catalogue Part 01

SR No.: 011114
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dalia Bandury, Brahmanand Gupta
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 315
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 13 MB

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medical text of Suśruta Samhita into English, Vol. I in 1835 and Vol. II in 1836 A.D. Apart from this, three fascicles of the Suśruta Samhitā were published by the Asiatic Society in the Bibliotheca Indica Series between 1883 and 1891 A.D. In the year 1886 A.D. 'Aśvavaidyakah, an Ayurvedic medical text on Horse treatment, was duly edited and published by Umesa Candra Gupta Kaviratna and the English translation of Suśruta Samhita (one fascicle only) was printed by the well-known English scholar A.F.R. Hoernle in 1887 A.D. Rasārņavam, another Ayurvedic text on treatment by applying metalic preparation, was edited by Sir Prafulla Candra Roy and Hariscandra Kaviratna and it was published in the B.I. Series from 1908 to 1910 A.D.
But apart from these few printed texts of Indian medicine earlier, the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, is a rich store-house of Ayurvedic manuscripts. The collection of Ayurvedic manuscripts of the Asiatic Society can be traced as early as 1871 A.D., when the 'Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts, Vol. I was published by Sir Rājendralala Mitra. R.L. Mitra purchased four hundred and fifteen manuscripts on behalf of the Government of India. Later on his able successor Mahamahopadhyāya Haraprasada Šāstri collected two hundred and thirty-seven manuscripts, at the first instance, which included some Ayurvedic manuscripts also. Since the earliest collection of Sir R.L. Mitra and Haraprasada Sastri many years have passed away and a huge collection of Ayurvedic manuscripts has been added to its strength. Every year some new manuscripts are pouring in and the necessity was felt to record them in a systematic Catalogue form. Uptil now two volumes of Descriptive Catalogue of Ayurvedic Manuscripts have been prepared and out of these two, the first volume is being printed now and the second volume will follow soon.
In the first volume two hundred and fourteen manuscripts have been included and the rest will be discussed in the second volume. It may appear to some reader that the detailed description of a Descriptive Catalogue'is too lengthy and timeconsuming. But considering the usefulness of the descriptive character of a catalogue, where a research scholar máy find