Two Arthasastra – Antidotes in the Astangasandraha

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  • Rahul Peter Das
چکیده

While indexing Uttarasthana 40 of the Astangasangraha as Part of the indexing Project I have mentioned previously, I came across two antidotes against poison ascribed to the author of the Arthasastra (see p. 319 b of the edition used as the standard for indexing). I found the corresponding passages of the Arthasastra in chapter 14,4 (= 149) of this text, a chapter which contains several antidotes. Similar passages in other medical texts could not be found, but it is possible that they may turn up in the course of indexing.

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دوره 3  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 1984