Klebanov, ‘Suśrutasaṃhitā & Buddhists’ (2010)

Andrey Klebanov. The *Nepalese Version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā and its Interrelation with Buddhism and the Buddhists. M. A. thesis, University of Hamburg, 2010. 223 pp.


I The ∗Nepalese version of Suśrutasaṃhitā and its
Interrelation with Buddhism and the Buddhists … 1

1 Buddhism and Āyurveda … 3
1.1 Buddhism as Compared to Medicine … 4
1.1.1 Great Physician and Remover of Splinters … 4
1.1.2 Buddha as a Great Ophthalmologist … 9
1.1.3 The Four Noble Truths of Medical Science … 10
1.2 Medical Data in Buddhist Literature … 12
1.2.1 Practical Medical Data … 12
1.2.2 Medical Doctrine … 14
1.3 Important Evidences from the Milindapañha and the Ayoghara-Jātaka … 20
1.3.1 Milindapañha 6.18 and the Ayoghara-Jātaka … 20
1.3.2 Milindapañha on Medical Education … 33
1.4 Conclusion … 36

2 Āyurveda and the Buddhists … 39
2.1 Buddhism in Āyurveda … 40
2.1.1 Vāgbhaṭa I and II … 41
2.1.2 Carakasaṃhitā … 45
2.1.3 Suśrutasaṃhitā with a Special Reference to the ∗Nepalese version … 46
2.2 Conclusion. Āyurveda among the Buddhists … 50
2.2.1 Summary … 51
2.2.2 Āyurveda among the Buddhists … 52

II The ∗Nepalese version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā:
Edition and Annotated Translation of Selected Chapters … 55
3 Introduction to the Edition and the Editorial Policy … 57
3.1 What is the ∗Nepalese version? … 57
3.2 Manuscript Sources … 60
3.2.1 NGMCP C80/7 (KL 699), Sigla ”K, K1, K2” … 60
3.2.2 NGMCP A 45/05, Sigla ”N” 66
3.2.3 NGMCP B 29/19, B 30/15, Sigla ”H” … 68
3.3 Exisiting editions of SS and its commentaries … 70
3.4 Critical Apparatus … 75
3.5 Editorial Policy … 77
3.6 Sigla … 80

4 Suśrutasaṃhitā: Edition of Selected Chapters … 83
4.1 Suśrutasaṃhitā 1.4 … 83
4.2 Suśrutasaṃhitā 1.15 … 86

5 The Compendium of Suśruta: Annotated Translation of Selected Chapters … 101
5.1 Compendium of Suśruta 1.4, Chapter on Explanations … 101
5.2 The Compendium of Suśruta 1.15, Chapter on the Increase and Decrease of Humors, Bodily Elements and Waste Materials … 112

A. Considerations on Selected Technical Terms and Medicinal Substances Found in the Ślokasthāna 4 and 15 of the Suśrutasaṃhitā with Special Reference to the ∗Nepalese version … 159
A.1. Technical Terms … 159
A.2. Medicinal Substances … 185