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The physician (vaidya)
वैद्य (चिकित्सक) · वैद्य
The editor reports the author's explanation of the word vaidya (chapter 1, verse 18): vidyā is omniscience (kevalajñāna), which reveals the characteristics of the soul (jīva) and all other…
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The physician
चिकित्सक
The editor reports the author's description of the physician (chapter 7, verse 38): truthful, steady, forgiving, deft of hand, able to prepare medicines himself, experienced in major…
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The physician who keeps the vows of restraint and observance (yama, niyama), self-control,…
The physician who keeps the vows of restraint and observance (yama, niyama), self-control, truth and purity and is himself charged with many mantras should overcome the grahas with their…
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The physician's duty towards the patient
रोगी के प्रति वैद्य का कर्तव्य
Because the patient has placed his trust in him and is an object of compassion, the physician should treat him as his own son, as a father lovingly protects his son, and a good physician…
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The physician's duty toward the king
राजा के प्रति वैद्य का कर्तव्य
The wise physician, who knows the signs of poisoners and of poisons, should examine cooks and attendants well before placing them in a well-built, fully equipped kitchen, stay ever…
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The physician's duty regarding curable and incurable diseases
साध्य-असाध्य रोगों में वैद्य का कर्तव्य · साध्यासाध्य रोगों के विषय में वैद्य का कर्तव्य
Curable diseases are to be cured with medicines and the like, manageable (yapya) diseases are to be kept in check with skilled procedures, and incurable diseases that are hard to understand…
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According to chapter 1, what should the physician ascertain before starting treatment, and by what means?
प्रथम परिच्छेद के अनुसार चिकित्सा आरम्भ करने से पहले वैद्य को क्या जानना चाहिए और किन साधनों से?
The patient's span of life, learnt through questions, portents, omens, scripture, astrology, dreams and the words of those with divine knowledge.
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Before treating these contagious great diseases (mari), the physician is told to protect…
Before treating these contagious great diseases (mari), the physician is told to protect himself first with powerful seed syllables (bija akshara), then bow to the Jinas and his gurus and…
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How does the physician make sure the vamyesha used in its kalpa is not poisonous?
वाम्येषा कल्प में वैद्य यह कैसे सुनिश्चित करता है कि वाम्येषा विषैला नहीं है?
He takes only vamyesha that birds have eaten, since, as the footnote explains, birds do not eat the poisonous kind.
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How should the physician choose an after-drink, according to the conclusion of the section on after-drinks?
अनुपान प्रकरण के उपसंहार के अनुसार वैद्य को अनुपान कैसे चुनना चाहिए?
By giving whatever the person craves, is wholesome for them and suits their constitution.
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The patient's trust in the physician
वैद्य पर रोगी का विश्वास
The patient is said to look with suspicion (in the matter of medicine) on mother, father, sons, friends, relatives and wife alike, but to keep his trust in the physician who wishes his good…
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What must the physician do before and during the extraction of an obstructed fetus?
मूढगर्भ निकालने से पहले और उसके समय वैद्य को क्या करना चाहिए?
Explain the difficulty to the king and the relatives, cut his nails, smear the hand with slippery drugs and ghee, and take care not to harm mother or fetus.
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What should the physician weigh before treating, according to the chikitsa sutra verse of chapter 10?
दसवें परिच्छेद के चिकित्सासूत्र के अनुसार चिकित्सा से पहले वैद्य किन बातों का विचार करे?
The dosha that caused the disease, which dosha is strong or weak, the merits and faults of the medicines, and the signs of the major diseases.
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What the physician gains from treatment
चिकित्सा से लाभ
Through treatment the physician is said to gain sometimes merit (dharma), sometimes wealth, sometimes happiness, sometimes friendship, sometimes fame and sometimes greater practice in…
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Which aspects of the doshas does verse 23 tell the physician to attend to when treating?
श्लोक 23 चिकित्सा करते समय दोषों के किन पक्षों पर ध्यान देने को कहता है?
Their types, sub-types, mixed forms, and greater or lesser predominance.
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Marks of the physician
वैद्य के लक्षण · वैद्य लक्षण
A physician who knows the meaning of the texts, is intelligent, versed in other schools' views, skilled in proper treatment and in combining medicines, steady, religious, of good conduct…
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Qualities of the physician
वैद्य के गुण
A fit physician is said to be truthful, steady, forgiving and light-handed, accomplished and himself healthy, to have seen great treatments, to have learned the meaning of the whole…
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The primacy of the physician
वैद्य की प्रधानता
A virtuous physician versed in the principles of the scriptures, helped by the other three chief limbs (medicine, attendant and patient), is said to bring quick relief even to a gravely ill…
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A physician to protect the king
राजा की रक्षा के लिए वैद्य · राजा के रक्षणार्थ वैद्य
A king who wants to live safely should keep near him a physician who knows all mantras and the science of poisons, is of good family, free of greed, skilled in every task, rich in dharma,…
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Censure of the ignorant physician; transition to hair preparations
अज्ञ वैद्य की निंदा; केश प्रयोगों की ओर · अज्ञवैद्य निंदा
A physician who out of ignorance cuts open an unripe swelling thinking it fully ripe, or neglects a fully ripe one thinking it unripe, is called ignorant and a great sinner whom a wise…
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The benefit of keeping such a physician
वैद्य को पास रखने का फल
With such a physician the king, a terror to all rival kings, overcomes every poison attack devised by enemy circles and keeps his kingdom happy for a long time.
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The editor states that he is not a physician and has made no systematic study of Ayurveda, so…
The editor states that he is not a physician and has made no systematic study of Ayurveda, so countless errors may remain in the editing and translation; but two experienced physician…
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The qualified physician
योग्य वैद्य
One should study the science of Ayurveda under a teacher and also see and experience the whole of treatment along with the compounding of medicines; only one who knows the texts and has…
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Whom does the text call an ignorant physician in the treatment of swelling?
शोथ की चिकित्सा में ग्रंथ किसे अज्ञ वैद्य कहता है?
One who out of ignorance cuts open an unripe swelling thinking it fully ripe, or neglects a fully ripe one thinking it unripe; both are called ignorant and great sinners, and a wise patient…