I thought of that, too, Heiner, but I don't think that it can apply in the 10th c., when the text was probably composed. Matthew
Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/ https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1 https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949 Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. On Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 at 2:46 PM, Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > I connect jagrī with the kitul palm sugar (kitul juggery). It is used in > Ayurveda. And I eat it always for my tea. > > Heiner > > Am 06.08.2025 um 05:55 schrieb David and Nancy Reigle via INDOLOGY: > >> I have not been able to find the medical term "jagrī" in any source >> available to me. It occurs in verse 2.111c of the Kālacakra-tantra (so in >> all manuscripts). It is in the phrase: jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān api >> jaṭhara-gatān. So it refers to either an organ or a disease found in the >> stomach area, along with plīha (i.e., plīhan, spleen) and arṣa (for arśas, >> hemorrhoids). I am seeking a source for it in any Sanskrit medical treatise, >> and hopefully its meaning. >> >> Thank you, >> >> David Reigle >> Colorado, U.S.A. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > -- > Dr. R. H. Koch - Germany/Sri Lanka > www.rolfheinrichkoch.wordpress.com
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