The Nyāyacandrikā of Gayadāsa on the Śārīrasthāna of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, provisional edition

Published in 2026 by The Suśruta Project in Edmonton.

garbhāvakrāntiśārīrānantaraṃ garbhavyākaraṇasyocitatvād garbhavyākaraṇaśārīrārambhaḥ | vyākaraṇaṃ vivaraṇaṃ |* tat śukraśoṇitaṃ garbhāśayagataṃ prāṇināṃ garbhaḥ ||*
tac ca prāṇa | na yeṣām eva bhāvānām anvayavyatirekābhyāṃ anvayavyatireki ca teṣv eva prīṇābhyāṃ paribhāṣayann āha – agnīṣoma ity ādi ||
kutaḥ punar ādāv evāgniṣomādi* prāṇavyākaraṇam ucyate | anantaroktād garbhapratyaṅgaguṇāguṇavat* teṣām apy agnīṣomādīnāṃ dharmmādharmmābhyām eva saṃyogayoḥ kṛtatvāt |* tad evaṃ pāribhāṣitukāmaś* ca teṣu darśayituṃ śabdapurovarttinām ivaiteṣāṃ prāṇaśabdo prayoge varttayati | manas ceti cakāra eṣām api śarīraguṇadoṣāṇām iva dharmmādharmmanimittatvaṃ samuccayāya |