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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭāṅga—hṛdaya n. N. of a medical work of Vāgbhaṭa

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 142, col. 2.
    aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya n. Titel eines med. Werkes des Vāgbhaṭa und eines philos. Tractats.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 64, col. 1.
    AṢṬĀṄGAHṚDAYA . The medical science which deals

    in eight separate division the treatment of the human

    body. (1) Śārīra (2) Bāla (3) Graha (4) Ūrddhvā-

    ṅga (5) Śalya (6) Daṃṣṭra (7) Jara and (8) Vṛṣa.

    Bāla—Body which has not attained maturity; Graha—

    External elements which damage the health of infants;

    Śalya—extraneous substance lodged in the body; Vṛṣa—

    The seminal fluid. (Directions of treatment).