[INDOLOGY] the medical term jagrī?

[David and Nancy Reigle]

There is one important weakness with the "liver" hypothesis for jagrī. The
*Vimalaprabhā* commentary almost certainly glosses jagrī as jalodara,
"edema." This is not as clear in the Sarnath printed edition, which
has: jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān
api jalodarādīni. The phrase "jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān api" is quoted from the
*K**ā**lacakra-tantra*, with the commentary adding jalodarādīni. However,
the two very old palm-leaf manuscripts of the *Vimalaprabhā* show that the
reading is actually jalodarādīn rather than jalodarādīni. Thus:
jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān
api jalodarādīn. These plural accusatives are objects of the verb hanti.
The neuter jalodarādīni could be understood as adding edema to liver, etc.
But the masculine jalodarādīn is almost certainly glossing the masculine
compound instead of adding something more. So it is glossing the first word
of the compound, jagrī, as meaning jalodara.

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.
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