Gleanings from the Jvaratimitabhaskara  Ayurveda Dr. N. Gangadharan  Professor of Sanskrit (Retd.), University of Madras.

Ayurveda, the indigenous system of medicine,recognised as one of the eighteen lores, had its roots in the Atharvaveda. Until five hundred years back it had the patronage of the local rulers as known from the titles of works noticed in the different manuscript collections. Still later it enjoyed the patronage of the Mahratha rulers at Tanjore and the rulers in Kerala. But it is painful to note that only a very small percentage of the works had the fortune of being printed , as known from recent survey made by Prof. K.V.Sharma, Director of Sree Sarada Education Society Research Centre, Madras for a project of the Indian National Science Academy. The survey reveals that quite often well -known works such as the Carakasamhita, Susrutasamhita and Astangahrdaya have been printed repeatedly. We may add that there are fifty titles under Ayurveda, fifteen under Gunam, ninetyfive under Cikitsä, twentyfour under Jvara and good number of works under Vaidya and other stray titles.  We may mention that works such as Ayurvedasaukhya forming part of the Todaränanda, a voluminous treatise in twentytwo sections and Jvaratimirabhaskara have not yet been printed. In this paper it is proposed to highlight the salient features of the Jvaratimirabhaskara composed by Camunda Käyastha king 1490 A.D. at Medapata. We can understand the importance of the work from the existence of twentyfour manuscripts of the work in different regions of our country. Moreover it has commentary available only in a single manuscript collection. In sixteen chapters the work discusses the occurrence of fevers of different kinds and the remedial measures for them. The main intention of presenting this paper is to create an awareness of the existence of our valuable treasures remaining yet to be harnessed.