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Hello people

 

a technical question for the vaidyas...

 

the Chakradatta makes reference to Madhuka and Madhooka (i.e. in

diacritical notation the "oo" is a "u" with a macron)

 

my understanding is that Madhuka can be a synonym of Glycyrrhiza

glabra, i.e. yashtimadhu, whereas Madhooka is the name of Madhuca indica

 

however, in PV Sharma's translation its difficult to tell if sometimes

he forgets the macron, because I've seen both Madhuka and Madhooka

 

since Chakrapanidatta also makes use of the term yashtimadhu, is it safe to

assume that when he uses Madhuka or Madhooka that he is

referring to Maduca indica, or is he using both synonyms for

Glycyrrhiza?

 

thanks...

Caldecott

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Dear

You are right about the first part. Madhuka means Yashtimadhu or

Glycyrrhiza glabra while Madhooka means Moha or Madhuca indica.

I have not seen PV Sharma's translation but if you have the original

text it is much easier to tell.

In Devnagari the first or light ookar (denoted by u in English) faces

towards the left while the second or hard ookar (denoted by oo in

English) faces right.

(I know this is difficult, but it is also as difficult for me to

explain.)

It is understood that wherever the word has a left facing ookar it is

to be taken as Yasthimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and wherever right

facing ookar is present it denotes Moha (Madhuca indica). The same

author may use both yashthimadu or madhuka or even madhuyashtika in

the same text. So it is false to assume that Chakrapani Datta uses

both synonyms either for Yashthimadhu or Moha. Translators may

sometimes mistake one for the other. So if you want to be 100% sure

please refer to the original text. If you have a doubt about a

particular reference please inform the adhyaya and shloka number and

I will confirm if it is Yashthimadu or Moha.

 

Cybervaidya

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