Book Review on Vaidyamanorama

Abstract

An old Malayalam treatise, called Vaidyamanorama contains recipes for treating various illnesses. It also goes  by the name Chikitsakrama. There are two more works  with the title "Vaidyamanorama," one of which is thought  to have been authored by Kalidasa (the probable period  between AD 1000 - 1500) and the other, "Chikitsakrama,"  is quite similar to this one. The other two, in explanation of  formulations in detail for each disease as well. The author  of this treatise and the period in which this was written are  unknown. However on the verification of the available  manuscripts or records points to the possibility that, it was  originally written by one of the members of the  Ashtavaidya tradition. This book is published on the basis  of 2 incomplete manuscripts procured from families in  Kerala having rich Ayurveda Legacy. Vaidyamanorama was first published by Vayaskara N. S. Mooss in two  editions for the magazine Vaidyasaradhi in 1944 and 1947.  Cheppaad Achyutavarier, a proponent of Sanskrit  language, Grammar, Astrology, and Tarka, contributed the  annotations. The currently available book is the 3rd edition,  published in August 2020, by the Unni Mooss foundation.  It consists of 434 pages with MRP of Rs.500/- The book  here focuses, the present day Vaidyamanorama is different