The Khotanese version of the Lohaliṅgādighr̥ta in the Jīvakapustaka

The āyurvedic medical treatise known as Jīvakapustaka is preserved in an incomplete tenth-century manuscript from Dunhuang (Northwestern China) that alternates Sanskrit verse and Late Khotanese prose. The article provides a new edition, translation, commentary, glossary, and Sanskrit-Khotanese index of the Khotanese amplified version of the Lohaliṅgādighr̥ta, a prescription for a medicated ghee against boils etc. (Jīvakapustaka 30). This is of help in interpreting the corresponding concise and corrupt accompanying Sanskrit text and in reconstructing the presumed Classical Sanskrit original text.