11th Century

Title
gso dpyad rgyal po’i dkor mdzod
Author Jetsun Drapa Gyaltsen (rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan) (1147-1216)
Reprint
  1. kan su’u mi rigs dpe skrun khang; Lanzhou 1993
  2. Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim 1966
Pages Chinese edition: 224
Electronic Version (of the Chinese edition) 262 KB
Comments Grags pa rgyal mtshan was a Sakya throne holder, and the third great scholar from the remarkable family of Khon. He authored the earliest rgyal rabs of Tibet, bod kyi rgyal rabs, as well as many other texts on various topics. His medical work comprises 27 chapters on the treatment of various diseases with an emphasis on the different types of fevers.

Title
yan lag brgyad pa’i snying po bsdus pa zhes
Brief Title yan lag brgyad pa
Author Translators: Rinchen Zangpo (958-1055) and Jarandhara
Reprint gso rig pa’i rtsa ’grel bdam bsgrigs. (A collection of medical works from the Tenjur). mi rigs dpe skrun khang, Beijing 1989, Vol. 1-3
Pages 112-756 (Vol. 1)
Electronic Version to be completed
Comments The early Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita is a systematised text of human illness and therapy in six sections (Skt. sthana), which incorporates the Eight Branches, known as Ashtanga Hridaya in Sanskrit, and yan lag brgyad pa in Tibetan. The relationship between Vagbhata and rgyud bzhi are dealt with in detail by Emmerick (1977), according to which the Tibetan translation of Astanga Hrdaya Samhita forms a basis of the rgyud bzhi. ITTM has been working on preparing a glossary database of medical terms derived from this text (for details see www.ittm.org).
[Emmerick, Ronald E. 1977: “Sources of the rgyud bzhi ”. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. Wiesbaden. Supl. III:2:1135-1142)]