Vaidyasarvasvagrantha

This manuscript preserves a rare, concise medical compendium (*vaidyasarvasvagrantha*) authored by Manu, son of Lakṣmaṇa and grandson of Cakrapāṇi, representing a distinctive lineage of Ayurvedic scholarship. The text exemplifies the *sarvagraha* genre—encyclopedic yet abbreviated medical manuals—covering fundamental diagnostic methodologies including nāḍī-parīkṣā (pulse examination), mūtra-parīkṣā (urine analysis), and doṣa-lakṣaṇa (symptomatology of humoral disorders). Its therapeutic scope encompasses jvara-cikitsā (fever management), sannipāta (complex tridoṣic disorders), and śodhana-karma (purificatory procedures), with notable emphasis on prognostic indicators (*ārīṣṭa-lakṣaṇa*) that signal fatal outcomes. The manuscript's extreme brevity (five folios) and systematic organization suggest it served as a practical vade mecum for practicing physicians, offering a valuable witness to the textual transmission of post-classical Ayurvedic knowledge in the Deccan region.