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Alchemy:
Kakacandesvarimata tantra;Swarna tantra; Nagarjuna's Rasaratnakara,
Madhava's Sarva-darsana-sangraha,
Somadeva's Rasendra-cudamani,
Yasodhara's Rasaprakasa-suddhakara
and Govindacharya's Rasasara.
Medicine: Vaidyaraja
Tantra; Kailasa-karaka; Bhaskara-samhita; Karttikeya's Vahatagrantha;
Asvin's Asvini Samhita
and Nadinidana;
Divodasa's Chikitsadarsana;
Kasiraja's Chikitsakaumudi
and Bharadvaja's Dhatulakshana
are notable works on medical science. Human anatomy is referred to
in Atharvaveda and in Satapatha
Brahmana. Rugviniscaya or
Nidana by Madhavakara (7th
century) is an authoritative work on pathology while Kumara Tantra is a well-known work on pediatrics.
On dietetics, Susena wrote Annapanavidhi,
Raghunatha wrote Pathyapathyanighantu
and Bhojana-kutuhala and
Viswaneth Sen penned Pathyapathya-viniscaya.
There are several works on Veterinary science such as
Palakapya's Gajurveda,
on the treatment of elephants and Salihotra's Asva-sastra, on the treatment of horses. Some of the important medical dictionaries are Indukara's Nighantu,
Dhanvantari's Dhanvantari-nighantu,
Suresvara's Sabda-pradipa
and Narahari's Raja-nighantu.
Gemnology:
Agastya's Ratna-sastra
and Buddhabhatta's Ratna-pariksa.
Cookery:
Nala's Nalapaka and
Manirama Sharma's Pakavijnana
and Pakavidya.
Astronomy: Aryabhatta's Aryabhatiya,
Dasagitika-Sutra and Aryastasata
belonging to the 5th century,
Varahamihira's Pancha-siddhantika,
Brahmagupta's Brahmasphuta-siddhanta
and Khanda-khadyaka, Bhaskaracharya's
Siddhanta-shiromani and Karana-kutuhala
and Bhoja's Raja-mriganka.
Mathematics:
Mahiviracharya's Ganita-sarasangraha;
Sridhara's Trisati and
Narayana's Ganita-kaumudi.
Astrology:
Varahamihira's Brihat
samhita, Brihajjataka and Laghu-jataka;
Prithuyasas's Hora-satpancasika;
Bhattotpala's Horasastra
and Kalidasa's Suryasiddhanta.
Erotics:
Vatsyayana's Kamasutra;
Yaodhara's Jyamangala,
which is a commentary on the Kamasutra and Padmasri's Nagara-sarvasva,.
Grammar:
Panani's Astadhhyayi |
