Daily Archives: October 16, 2009

A mantra fossil from the vedo-tAntric transition in charaka

The chikitsAsthAna of the charaka saMhitA cites a formula to be recited during the compounding of the agada termed the mahAgandhahasti (23.90): mama mAtA jayA nAma jayo nAmeti me pitA | sohaM jayajayAputro vijaye.atha jayAmi cha | namaH puruShasiMhAya viShNave … Continue reading

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