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On Wlal lo Do vill a
Slomma Tovards a
CrilicaI Edilion of
Carakasahit
Vimnasthna S
Tlo prosonl papor liglIiglls a rsl rosuIl of a sorios of ro-
soarcl projocls llal aim, among ollor llings, al a crilicaI
odilion of llo Carakasahit Vimnasthna on llo basis of
moro llan fly papor manuscripls from llo norllorn parl
of Soull Asia. In laking a spociaI focus on llo appIica-
lion of llo slommalic mollod lo llis Iargo loxluaI lradilion,
llo papor iIIuslralos lova voII-oslabIislod lypollosis con-
corning llo loxluaI lislory of llo Carakasahit is froquonlIy
usofuI and in somo casos ovon indisponsabIo in ordor lo
judgo llo gonoaIogicaI roIalionslip of dioronl vorsions of
Tlo prosonl papor is a corroclod, sIigllIy rovisod and oxlondod vorsion
of Maas zooq. Work on llis papor las boon gonorousIy supporlod by llo
Auslrian Scionco Iund (IWI) in llo conloxl of llo IWI projocls Iroo-
Go (IliIosoply and Modicino in EarIy CIassicaI India) and IrqS66-
Gr (IliIosoply and Modicino in EarIy CIassicaI India II). Tlo cril-
icaI odilion of passagos fromllo Carakasahit Vimnasthna cilod in llis
papor las boon proparod in a cIoso coIIaboralion of Irofossor Dr Karin
Iroisondanz, Dr Crislina Iocclia and llo prosonl aullor. I vouId Iiko
lo oxpross my graliludo lo Susanno KammuIIor for laving lakon a cIoso
Iook al my EngIisl.
In vlal foIIovs, llo abbrovialion Cril
od
rofors lo Iroisondanz et al. in
proparalion, and Tri
od
lo crya rqr.
zq
o On What to Do with a Stemma
llo samo loxl. Tlo fundamonlaI imporlanco of slommal-
ics for llo odiloriaI procoss may nol, lovovor, dislracl from
llo simpIo facl llal in doaIing vill Iargo and ancionl lradi-
lions of Sanskril loxls llo appIicalion of llis mollod doos
nol aulomalicaIIy rosuIl in llo roconslruclion of a lisloric-
aIIy corrocl loxluaI vorsion.
Among llo sourcos of cIassicaI Ayurvoda vrillon in
Sanskril, llo comprolonsivo compondium onlilIod Cara-
kasahit guros mosl prominonlIy. According lo Mou-
IonboIds A History of Indian Medical Literature (rqqqzooz)
(loncoforll HIML), llis vork musl lavo boon composod
bolvoon aboul roo B.C. and A.D. zoo.
r
Tlo Carakasahit
(loncoforll CS) is vory voII knovn from a Iargo numbor
of prinlod odilions, llo mosl vidoIy-road of vlicl is prob-
abIy llo llird odilion by llo odilor }davji Trikamji crya,
pubIislod in Bombay in rqr.
z
In rqor, forly yoars boforo Trikamjis odilion appoarod
for llo rsl limo, llo Gorman IndoIogisl }uIius }oIIy pub-
Iislod an oxposilion of Indian modicino, vlicl unliI loday
las romainod ono of llo mosl roIiabIo and comprolonsivo
oulIinos of llis brancl of indigonous Indian scionco. }oIIy
mado oxlonsivo uso of llo CS and in a somovlal casuaI
romark lo monlionod llo bad slalo of lransmission of llo
CS and llo discropancy bolvoon manuscripls and prinlod
odilions.
r
HIML: rA, rr.
z
crya rqr.
P
d
road
klagarbhayapraktim soomingIy vill lvo naI nasaI
sounds, ono anusvra pIus ono IabiaI nasaI m. Al rsl sigll,
llis sooms lo bo jusl a lriviaI scribaI orror, i.o., an orronoous
doubIing of llo vord naI. Taking rogard lo llo slommalic
lypollosis, ono couId nd supporl for llis assossmonl:
Nono of llo manuscripls llal soom lo road a doubIo naI
nasaI is parlicuIarIy lruslvorlly, noillor do lloso man-
uscripls form a soIid gonoaIogicaI group. Irom a puroIy
slommalic poinl of viov, llo doubIo nasaI vouId lavo lo
bo judgod as a caso of paraIIoIism, i.o., llo indopondonl
occurronco of an idonlicaI orror in dioronl parls of llo
lransmission. Cakrapidallas commonl on llis passago
slovs, lovovor, llal llis assossmonl is simpIy vrong. His
gIoss mtur hravihrau food and IifoslyIo of llo mollor
(Tri
od
p. za, I. rq) providos llo docisivo cIuo. Tlo four
monlionod manuscripls do nol al aII road a suporuous
anusvra, on llo conlrary, lloy aro llo onIy vilnossos llal
lavo llo originaI roading mtur hravihraprakti food
and IifoslyIo of llo mollor insload of turhravihraprak-
ti food and IifoslyIo of llo palionl, prosumabIy bocauso
llo scribos of oacl of llom indopondonlIy from llo oll-
ors, corroclIy insorlod an anusvra llal vas Iosl in lloir
Philipp A. Maas
Tri
od
ukraoitaprakti klagarbhayaprak-
tim lurlravilraprakli mahbh-
tavikraprakti ca garbhaarram ape-
kate.
Tlo body of llo ombryo doponds upon
llo naluro of sporm and bIood, upon
llo naluro of limo and ulorus, upon llo
naluro of llo patients food and IifoslyIo
and upon llo naluro of llo modica-
lion of llo gross oIomonls.
soIoclod varianls
a
kIagarbhayapraktI] kIagarbl-
ayapraklim B
d
B
d
B
d
C
b
C
b
J
d
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d
P
P
d
Cril
od
ukraoitaprakti klagarbhayaprak-
ti mlur lravilraprakli mah-
bhtavikraprakti ca garbhaarram a-
pekate.
Tlo body of llo ombryo doponds upon
llo naluro of sporm and bIood, upon
llo naluro of limo and ulorus, upon llo
naluro of llo mothers food and IifoslyIo
and upon llo naluro of llo modica-
lion of llo gross oIomonls.
TabIo z.: CS Vi S.q, z.
a
Ior varianl roadings, soo Appondix, p. 6.
S On What to Do with a Stemma
rospoclivo oxompIars.
rq
I lavo soIoclod llo varianl roadings discussod so far in
ordor lo iIIuslralo on llo ono land llo usofuInoss and
in facl llo indisponsabiIily of llo appIicalion of a slom-
malic lypollosis villin llo odiloriaI procoss, and on llo
ollor land lo linl al llo poriIs of bIind lrusl in ils rosuIls.
Moroovor, as vo lavo soon, lloro aro aIso casos of loxluaI
varialion llal oscapo any slommalic anaIysis. Duo lo ils
vory naluro, ovon llo bosl slommalic lypollosis cannol
provido a cIuo lo docido vlicl oul of lvo lyparclolypaI
roadings dorivod from llo arclolypo. Moroovor, no slom-
malic lypollosis loIps lo roconslrucl an originaI roading if
llo arclolypaI roading is found lo bo of socondary origin.
And naIIy, numorous casos aro lo bo mol vill, in vlicl
paraIIoIismand conlaminalion bIur llo picluro of llo lrans-
mission lo sucl an oxlond llal il is simpIy impossibIo lo
oslabIisl vlon and vloro vlicl varianl onlorod llo lrans-
mission. Bul ovon in lloso casos, llo odilors of llo CS aro
nol Iofl villoul loIp. A conslanl roforonco lo llo moaning
of llo passago undor discussion, considoralions of llo au-
llors (or: llo aullors) slyIo, roforonco lo paraIIoI passagos
in llo CS, in ollor vorks of Ayurvoda and in Sanskril Iil-
oraluro in gonoraI, aro llo mosl imporlanl moans for llo
judgomonl of varianl roadings.
zo
NoodIoss lo say llal lloir
appIicalion aIso caIIs for caro and caulion.
rq
Tlo corrocl roading vas adoplod in onIy lvo oul of llo moro llan
lvonly prinlod odilions llal I lavo oxaminod so far, namoIy in lloso of
crya (rqzz: Vi S.q, p. r,q) (odilion sigIum Bo
E
) and Sonagupla and
Sonagupla (rqz: Vi S.Sr, p. r6q,) (odilion sigIum C
E
). Ior an onIino
survoy of prinlod odilions of llo CS, soo http://www.istb.univie.ac.
at/caraka/Materials/120 (viovod Iob. zorr).
zo
Tloso moans aro aIso lo bo appIiod in ordor lo losl llo roIiabiIily of
a lypollolicaI slomma.
Philipp A. Maas q
Tloso Iimilalions do nol, lovovor, aocl llo vaIuo of
llo slommalic mollod as sucl. Tlo gain of socurily in llo
judgomonl of many varianl roadings on llo basis of a voII
foundod slommalic lypollosis cIoarIy juslios llo onorm-
ous amounl of limo and onorgy llal las lo bo invoslod in
ordor lo llorouglIy coIIalo a groal numbor of manuscripls
and lo invosligalo lloir gonoaIogicaI roIalionslip in dolaiI.
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AppcndIx: a IuII cnIIatInn nI cItcd passagcs
NBTlo main loxl of llo coIIalion is cilodfromTrikamjis odilion. Varianl
roadings from llo manuscripls aro rocordod in llo apparalus, vlicl is
organizod vill Iommala prinlod in boId lypo. Tloso Iommala cilo llo
main loxl. Numbors in boId lypo rofor lo Iino numbors of llo main loxl
in proso passagos. In molricaI passagos, llo Iollors a, b, c and d prinlod in
boId aro usod lo indicalo pdas. If Iommala rofor lo loxl occurring moro
llan onco in llo samo Iino of llo main loxl, llo Iommala aro numborod
consoculivoIy. Noxl, aII loxluaI vilnossos in supporl of llo main loxl
aro Iislod, using llo manuscripl sigIa. A somicoIon soparalos llo Iisl of
vilnossos from llo rsl varianl, vlicl in lurn is foIIovod by llo sigIa
of vilnossos llal slaro llis roading olc. Wilnossos llal do nol lransmil
llo varianl undor discussion duo lo a Iacuna aro Iislod al llo ond of oacl
onlry vill a procoding daggor.
Ior manuscripl sigIa, soo llo Iisling on p. .
Ior addilionaI signs and abbrovialions, soo p. q.
CS Vi 8.8y, iqI.
ida ovapraklyaivaguam ovaprablvam
asmin doo jlam asminn lv ovagllam
ovanililam ovamupasklam anay ca mlray
yuklam asmin vydlv ovavidlasya puruasyaiva
lvanla doam apakaraly upaamayali v.
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CS Vi 8., zq
ukraoilapraklim, kIagarblayapraklim,
lurlravilrapraklim, malbllavikraprakli ca
garblaarram apokalo.
Philipp A. Maas
CS Vi 8.6, 6
CS Vi 8.i, 6I.
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aII manuscripls, oxcopl llo ono(s) monlionod
.. iIIogibIo akara
. parl of an iIIogibIo akara
missing akara indicalod by llo scribo
bIank spaco in a Iino of loxl vill llo broadll of
ca. ono akara
halantacihna
ono or moro vilnossos do nol lransmil llo varianl
undor discussion duo lo a Iacuna
|xy] loxl in squaro brackols vas doIolod in llo manu-
scripl
<xy> loxl in angIo brackols vas addod in llo margin of
llo manuscripl or oIsovloro
<xy>z loxl addod by a socond land
:::
ab vavy undorIining indicalos llal llo roconslruc-
lod loxl is uncorlain. IossibIo aIlornalivo road-
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ac (ante correctionem) boforo a corroclion vas ap-
pIiod
om. omillod
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z
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rp. (ropolilion) loxl vas miscopiod a socond limo
tp. (lransposod) loxl is omillod loro, bul occurs al a
dioronl posilion
vl varianl roading villin a ropoalod passago
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