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==Meaning of Jatukarna== | ==Meaning of Jatukarna== | ||
The word Jatukarna as such means bat-eared. We do not know whether our Jatukarna had ears like a bat or whether it was just a proper noun without any relation to its derivation. | The word Jatukarna as such means bat-eared. We do not know whether our Jatukarna had ears like a bat or whether it was just a proper noun without any relation to its derivation. | ||
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* In Satapatha Brahmana he is described as the propounder of Brahmavidya. | * In Satapatha Brahmana he is described as the propounder of Brahmavidya. | ||
* He is also a great seer whose name is reverentially used to denote a Gotra. | * He is also a great seer whose name is reverentially used to denote a Gotra. | ||
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| − | * | + | * Sivadasa quotes the different readings from Jatukarna in commenting on Palankasadyam Tailam. |
| − | * | + | * Vagbhata liberally quotes Jatukarna in: |
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 5 April 2019
Jatukarna, was the co-student of Agnivesa and a great medical author in the golden age of Ayurveda. He is also said to have compiled a medical treatise. Cakrapani quotes it profusely in his own work -- even preferring it over Bhela, as do many other renowned physicians.
Little, however, is known about him as a person as his original work was lost over time.
Meaning of Jatukarna
The word Jatukarna as such means bat-eared. We do not know whether our Jatukarna had ears like a bat or whether it was just a proper noun without any relation to its derivation.
References to Jatukarna
- In Satapatha Brahmana he is described as the propounder of Brahmavidya.
- He is also a great seer whose name is reverentially used to denote a Gotra.
- Jatukarnais also known as Jatukarna and is quoted in many famous medical works.
- VyakhyaKusumavali contains many quotations from Jatukarna's work out of which only two are cited above.
- NibandhaSangraha:
- Tattwa-candrika:
- Sivadasa quotes the different readings from Jatukarna in commenting on Palankasadyam Tailam.
- Vagbhata liberally quotes Jatukarna in:
- VyakhyaMadhukosa
- Astangahrdaya
References
- The Caraka Samhita published by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society, Jamnagar, India
