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Sanskrit Textêarïrajânâm dosänäm kramena param ausadham / bastir vireko vamanam tathätailam ghrtam madhu //

The best medicine for somatogenic diseases—according to the (above) order (ofhumours)—(is) a clster! cathartic! (and) vomitive" in the same #a! sesame$oil!ghee! (and) hone.

Tibetan %ersion&&'b ' lus-las byun-bai nad-rnams-kyi / rim-gyis sman-gyi (*) dam-pa ni / mas-btan1 bkru-sman slon[4t]~sman dan j de-bin til-mar mar sbran-rtsi //' +," gton -. The best medicine for somatogenic diseases—according to the (above) order (ofhumours)—(is) a clster! cathartic! (and) vomitive " and—in the same #a—sesame$oil! ghee! (and) hone.

emarks The #ords !arïraja dosa mast here be understood! both as 0bodil humour1 andas 0somatogenic disease1 in their 3rimar meaning 0bodil humour1 thede3end on kramena and refer to the se4uence vâyu — pitta"kapha in v. " intheir secondar meaning 0somatogenic disease1 the belong to paramausadham and contrast #ith manodosa in v. 2. The Tibetans 3roceedeclecticall! ado3ting the latter connotation but retaining the formerconstruction. The terms basti 0clster!1 vire#$a 0cathartic!1 and vamana 0vomitive1 have been3ara3hrased b mas-btan 0moving$do#n#ard (drug)!1 bkru-sman 0#ashing$odrug!1 and slon-sman 0thrusting$out drug1 res3ectivel. Instead of mas-btan! -

read mas-gton throughout.

''. 2—26Sanskrit Textdhidhairyätmädivijnäriam manodosausadham param j bhisag dravyânyupasthâtâ rog% päda$atustayam // $ikitsitasya nirdistam pratyekam ta$$aturgunam / daksas tlrthâtta!âstrârtho drstakarmä !u$ir bhisak j &Intelligence! 7rmness! and kno#ledge of one8s self etc. (are) the best medicinefor mental disorders. ,hsician! (medicinal) substances! attendant! (and) 3atient(are) taught (to be) the four factors of thera3! (and) the (are) 3ossessed offour 4ualities each dextrous! one #ho has learned the 3rece3ts of (medical)

science from a teacher! one #ho has seen 3ractice &tried in 3ractice! (and)clean (is) the 3hsician"6 9 :irst -ha3ter


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Tibetan %ersion bio da't brtan bdag sogs' ses-pa j sems-kyi nes-pai &&2 smartm$hog yin j gso-ba-dag-tu bstan(()**-pa ni / sman-pa smart dan nad-gyog da't //nad-pa yan-lag rnam-bi-ste /(;) re+r,an mam-pa bip-bi yin j sman-pa mkhas stegs . giuri don ses / las-

rnams &&* mthon-i/+ gtsaii-ba yin //'


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susce3tible of man modes of a33lication! 3ossessed of man 4ualities! 3erfect!(and) suitable—the medicine" loal! clean! dextrous! (and) endo#ed #ithintelligence—the attendant" Tibetan %ersion

sman ni $ho-ga man-po dan / yon-tan man &dan phun((4**-thsogs +phrod /nad-gyog rjes brtse1 gtsah-spra-$an /sgrin.-in bio dan ldan-pa (5) yin //' -," rise


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Tibetan %ersion iiad'a]-pa phyug-$in bsgo-ba nan / mi ses-par nus-mn snhi-stobs&dem j sman him hod-par nus-pai lus / skyes-bu gon-iii bdag-nid thul //the 3atient—#ealth! obedient to instructions! kno#ledgeable! andendo#ed! #ith courage. In the case of a bod tolerant of all medicines (and) a

maxi (#ho is) oung and self$controlled!emarksädhya has been interchanged #ith rogin on the usual grounds of sntax.bkisagvasya 0obedient to his 3hsician1 has been modi7ed to bsgo-ba nan0obedient to instructions.1 juäpaka 0causing to kno#! communicative1 has been rendered b ses-par nus0able to kno#! kno#ledgeable.1 pums has been co$ordinated #ith deha in an eort to leave the original #ord$order intact. The locative absolute lias been re3resented b a modal accusative.II. *BSanskrit Text

amarmago ;&pahetvagrar6par6po +nupadravah j atulyad6syade!artuprakrtih pädasampadi //a disease [gadah *' d not going to the vitals! triEing in its cause! 3ortents! andsm3toms! not leading to se4uelae! disagreeing as to the (aected) element!region! season! and constitution—#ith the (above)factors being com3lete Tibetan %ersion gnad-dit ma son ((5)) rgyu snar-thsul / mthsan-nid $hun dadignod-pa med 9 gnod-bya yul &&5 dus &6 ran-bin(

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