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Atreyasanhita, also called Haritasanhita, is perhaps the oldest work on Medicine. The work has the form of a dialogue between the sage Atreya and his son and pupil Harita.Published by Kaviraj Vinod Lal Sen at Calcutta.The work consists of six sthanas. For an
analysis of the work, cf. Mrs. Manning, Ancient and Mediaeval India, vol. I. pp. 339-42. See also, Dietz, Anal Med, p. 159; Jolly, Medicine,p. 9.For other MSS., cf. Bik., p. 639; Mitra, Notices,vol. V. p. 88; Stein, p. 181; Peterson, Reports,III. No. 426 ; IV. No. 1038; VI. p. 136. No. 5;I. 0., No. 2648 &c. The present MS. is defective both at the beginning and end. |