[INDOLOGY] the medical term jagrī?

[David and Nancy Reigle]

A big thank you to all who have replied to my question, all helpful. Since
Dominik has kindly verified that the term jagrī does not occur in the etext
versions of *any* classical Āyurvedic text, and that it does not occur in
the ninth century MS of the *Suśrutasaṃhitā*, we may accept Matthew's good
suggestion that it comes from the Farsi word jigar. Now the question is:
What Persian medical text would have been available in India in the
10th-11th century?

Thank you,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.


On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> This strikes me as certainly the right answer, Matthew; thank you for
> finding it!  It's really interesting to see a Farsi medical loanword in the
> tenth-eleventh century KCT.  Just to confirm, the term jagrī does not
> appear in the ninth century MS of the *Suśrutasaṃhitā* (or in later
> versions of the text available to me).  Nor do I find it in the etext
> versions of *any* classical Āyurvedic text.
> Best,
> Dominik
>
>
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