Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / K.D. Somadasa.

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Library
Date:
1996
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Credit: Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / K.D. Somadasa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Palm-leaf; ff. i, 112(ka-che), ii; in traditional foliation, here the 15th letter numeral of each section has been written on two leaves, e.g. kam expanded as 'ka for the 15th leaf and'm' for the 16th leaf, thus each section (pat-kattuva) now has 17 leaves instead of 16; 4.6 x 34.5 cm; six lines, 28.5 cm long to a side; semi-skilled, fast written (cursive) hand; wooden covers painted red, with a linear border in red; brass medallion; traditional cord; scribe: Galliddë Näkättä; owner: Batalavattë Mutuvä-Durayä. Mahä satipatthäna sütra sannaya (Päli-Sinh.) Sinhala paraphrase to Mahä-Satipatthäna suttam. Begin: f. l(ka)a. Namo tassa .. .Evammesutam; äyusmatvü Mahä Käsyapa sthavirayan- vahansa ... End: f. 112(che)b. Mahä-satipatthäna sütra dharmma-desanäva nimavä vadälaseka. ... Siddhirastu. ... më sütra sannaya Galliddë Näkättä livuväya. Batalavattë Mutuvä-durayäge potayi. ws. 85 Palm-leaf; ff. 67(ka-na); incorrect original foliation; 5.4 x 40 cm; eight lines, 36.5 cm long to a side; carefully written, semi-skilled hand; fair orthography; plain wooden covers; copper medallion; not quite erudite but a fairly good copy 19th century; incomplete. I. ff. l(ka)a-37(gi)a Yögasataka vyäkhyäva (Skt-Sinh.) A medical treatise, being a compilation of 101 Sanskrit slokas on remedies to diseases, with a Sinhala paraphrase. Printed edn, Yoga satakaya hevat ausadha niyögaya — Colombo: 1877. Begin: Namasrlghanäya. Kratasya tantrasya grahltadhämnah, cikitsität vipra sutasya düram, dvidhagdha vaidya pratipüjitasya, karisyate yogasatakasya bandah. Me vrttaya upajäta nam. [sanne] kratasya tantrasya, siyalu äyurvedaya sästrayäge; grahitadhämnah, gannälada sära äti; cikitsität, piliyamin ... Yoga-satakasya, yogasatakayagë; bandhah, bähdima; karisyate, karanu labe. End: f. 37(gi)a5. Kaphaprakope, slesma; prakupitavlmehi; vamanam, vamana- kirlmada; .. .etat, më yathökta kriyä; misram, sammisra vannëyi. Yögasataka vyäkhyäya nimi. Siddhirastu. II. ff. 38(gi)-67(na)b. Arista sataka sannaya (Skt-Sinh.) A Sanskrit treatise on pathology, in 108 slokas, with an interverbal paraphrase in Sinhala; incomplete. Printed edn, Arista satakaya hevat Rögaviniscaya - Colombo: 1866.