Dear Johnathan,

There is no mention of viṣaśāstra in the index of the History of Indian Medical Literature. I am currently working on a project that catalogues rasaśāstra texts, which relies heavily on the HIML. Thus far I have come across numerous references to poisons, purifying poisonous substances, etc., but no recipes for making poisons. If I do happen across one I will make a note of it for you.

Best wishes,

Patricia

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:22 AM Michael.Slouber--- via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

In post-classical India, viṣaśāstra became synonymous with a branch of
Tantric medicine that I wrote a book about a few years ago:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/999908257

Mention of manufactured poison (kṛtrima) is rare in the literature, to
answer Jonathan comment; one rather used poisonous plants, or less
commonly, extracted venom. And there are fascinating uses of minuscule
amounts of poison for healing that I touch on in the book, responding to
Jan's comment.

Best,

Michael

—
Michael Slouber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, South Asian Studies
Global Humanities and Religions
Western Washington University

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