Vaidyarahasya - Gyan Bhandaar
Gyan Bhandaar
This page contains the catalog card for the Vaidyarahasyam (The Secret of Medicine), an Ayurvedic medical manuscript composed in A.D. 1698 by the author Vidyapati. The manuscript, written in Samvat 1755, consists of 87 folios with 16 lines and 40 letters per line. It is cataloged as collection number 598 of 1899-1915 and described in volume XVI, part I, number 280 of the published catalog. The manuscript has been microfilmed and assigned new number 23.
Sanskrit

Vaidyarahasya

This 1698 Sanskrit medical manuscript, titled *Vaidyarahasyam* (The Secret of Physicians) by Vidyāpatiḥ, represents a significant 18th-century Ayurvedic compendium preserved in 87 folios. The text presents a systematic nosological framework covering 64 disease categories, ranging from fever (*jvara*) and digestive disorders to specialized conditions including *phirangaroga* (syphilis)—a notable inclusion reflecting early modern medical knowledge exchange. The opening verses establish theoretical foundations for fever management (*jvaracikitsā*), emphasizing therapeutic fasting (*laṅghana*) and hydrotherapy with detailed prescriptions for medicated waters (*ṣaḍaṅgodaka*), demonstrating sophisticated integration of humoral theory (*doṣa*) with individualized clinical protocols based on patient constitution (*bala*) and disease progression (*pāka*).