PPT PARYAYARATNAMALA NIGHANTU.pptx

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NIGHANTU - DR. RASHMI JAIN

INTRODUCTION
 One among the texts from Medieval period(8th to 15th century
A. D.)
 Author - MADHAVA KARA
 Paryaya Ratnamala- 9th cent.
 Also known -Ratnamala.
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निरुक्त
• **निघंटु/ Glossary
• निघंटु - निघंटुुः समाह्तं भवन्ति ।**
To collect
• निगूढमर्थमगमयन्तिज्ञापयन्ति इनत निगमुः।
- जो शब्द क
े गुड़ अर्थ को बताए , वह नियम है।
• Which tells about concealed or secert meaning of words is
called as Nigama .
निघंटु
• पयाथयों का संग्रह
• िाम संग्रह
• निघण्टनत शोभनत इनत (शब्द कल्पद्रुम) (which looks beautiful
and shines)
• सभी शब्दो का एक स्र्ाि पर वर्थि
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निघण्टु की परिभाषा
• निक्तयम घण्टयिे एकत्र भाषयिे शब्दाऽिेि् इनत निघण्टु।
एक ही औषनि क
े नवनभन्न पयाथयों का जहा एकत्र वर्थि नकया
जाता है उसे निघण्टु कहते है ।
• आयुवेदो नहतौषनििाम पयाथयों गुर्ानि वर्थिपरुः कोष नवशेषुः ।
आयुवेदों में वनर्थत औषनियों तर्ा उिक
े पयाथयों , गुर् एवम कमथ
का वर्थि जहा नकया जाता है , उसे निघण्टु कहते है ।
• Glossary containing synonyms groups, names , properties and
actions of drugs , plants, animals and minerals or anything that
is administered either as food or medicine to human body.
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निघंटु की प्रिािता
निघंटुिा नबिा वैद्यो नवद्वाि व्याकरर् नबिा ।
अभ्यासेि च िािुषकस्त्रयो हास्यस्य भाजिम।। (रा. नि.)
निघण्टु क
े नबिा वैद्य, व्याकरर् क
े नबिा नवद्वाि तर्ा अभ्यास क
े नबिा
ििुष्क यह तीिों उपहास क
े पात्र बिते है ।
निघण्टुओ में द्रव्य पररचय क
े निए प्रयायों क
े रूप में नवनभन्न
जािकाररयां प्रदाि की जाती है
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AUTHOR
 Name - Madhava kara
 Son of Indukara / Indrakara
 Author of Rogvinishaya - popularly call ‘MADHAVA
NIDANA’
 Resident of Silhrada - probably pathaghatta, site of university
of Vikramshila,near Bhagalpur (Bihar )
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Author controversy
 Acc. to Lucas - Madhavakara is identical to author of
Madhava nidana.
 Acc. to PV. Sharma - Madhavakara was a different person i. e.
2 centuries after Madhavakara, author of Madhava nidana.
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TIME PERIOD
 9th Century
 Book quoted by Sarvananda - commentator on Amarkosha (
12th Cent ) ; Adhamalla ( 14 th C. )
 The book is referred by Chakrapani Dutta - a court physician
of king Nayapaladeva ( 1040 A. D .) in his Chikitsa Samgraha
popularly k/a Chakradatta.
 Madhava quotes ref from Vagbhatta .
 The book ‘Nidana / Rgvinischaya’ was translated into persian
at the time of haroun - al - Rasid in 8th century .
 The drugs - Ahiphena , Bhang as of D. N & RRS (10thC.)
were not described in his work .
 Thus ........
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Contents
 Not available in our library .
 Info - based on the Available .- unclear + missing !
 Text available (online) - archive . org
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Presentation
 Most concise and direct , almost of sutra type
 Synonyms only , No guna karma are mentioned .
 No division of the vargas - continuous shlokas.
 Descriptive - for the charceriatics of peculiar features of the plant /
drug.
E.g. shankhini .. Peetpushpa laghu lata sugandhini.
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 Verses :
1336 shlokas (article)
1758 shlokas (e-Samhita)
 Starts from Mangalacharan , followed by the purpose of the text
and way of presentation in 12 line shloka.
 Ends with mana paribhasha followed by Granthakara parichaya
.
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Style of presentation
 Synonyms of single plant / drug are given in : 1 shlokha,1/2
shlokha , 1/4 shlokha consequently .
 1 shlokha (2 lines) = till 102 dravyas in including plant,
animals, metals, salts, panchmahabhuta, classes of men like
servants ect ...
 1/2 shlokha (1 line) = till 361 dravyas
 1/4 shlokha (1/2 line )= includes 754 factors - body parts,
emotions, disease , plant parts etc.
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Paryaya Muktavali
 Paryaya Muktavali is the redacted version of Paryaya
ratnmala- with certain modification in terms of style of
presentation,chapter division and addition of new drugs and
synonyms.
 Nighantu of Odisa - prunted in Odiya,bengali and devanagri
script.
 But till date - no critical analysis reported on ite structure ,
contents and contribution.
 23 Vargs,608 drugs.
 Author - Haricharana sen
 Resident - Utkala desha (Orissa )
 Time period -late 16th - early 17th century
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Referrences
 An Introdction to Nighantus of Ayurveda by D. Shanthkumar Lucas
 E- Nighantus
 Article - “paryaymuktavali - An unexplored Nighantu of Odisha ,
india .” by Rabindranath Acharya and Deepa K.K.
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