This page is a catalog entry for an incomplete manuscript of the Madhavanidana, a classical Ayurvedic text on disease diagnosis and classification. The manuscript is part of the Poona University Manuscripts Collection held at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Poona. It contains 63 folios and covers topics in Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine. The author and age of the manuscript are not recorded in this entry.

Sanskrit

Mādhavanidāna (2)

This incomplete manuscript from the Poona University Collection preserves a significant portion of the *Mādhavanidāna*, a foundational Ayurvedic text attributed to Mādhavakara (c. 7th–8th century CE), specifically its third chapter (*grahaṇīnidāna*) on the etiology and symptomatology of grahaṇī disorders (malabsorption syndromes). The sample reveals detailed clinical observations distinguishing three dosic variants—vāta, pitta, and kapha grahaṇī—along with the critical *saṅgrahaṇī* (chronic) and *ghaṭīyantra* (incurable) subtypes, characterized by distinctive stool patterns, timing of symptoms, and ominous signs such as intestinal gurgling resembling water-pouring (*jala-ghaṭī-dhvani*). The text exhibits typical Nidāna-śāstra structure, enumerating etiological factors (improper diet, daytime sleep, incompatible foods), prodromal symptoms, and pathognomonic features, while the marginal annotations and interlinear glosses suggest active scholastic engagement with this influential diagnostic treatise.