Which among the following is not related with medicine in Kerala?
AMatangaleela
BPrakriya Sarvaswam
CAshtanga Sareeram
DPrayoga Samuchayam
Answer:
B. Prakriya Sarvaswam
Read Explanation:
Matangalila
- Matangalila is an earliest treatise which deals with elephants
- It is a concise work in 263 stanzas.
- It conatins details about dealing with the life and behaviour of elephants including their taming and training.
- The author's name has been mentioned as Nilakantha, but nothing more is known about the author.
- The book is divided into 12 chapters.
- It is considered as one of the best available Sanskrit work on elephantology.
Ashtanga Sareeram:
- A Complete Text-book of Human Anatomy and Physiology in Sanskrit
- It was compiled by P. S. Varier, the founder of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, a major Ayurvedic treatment centre in Kerala.
Prayoga Samuchayam
- It is a famous Malayalam text on toxicology
- Kochunni Thampuran a member of the royal family of Kochi, was the author
- The author has given a detailed description of types of snake bite mark and the corresponding causes and prognosis
Prakriya Sarvaswam
- It is one of the main main grammatical work of Melpethoor Narayanabhattathir
- Originally it was written as a commentary on the Paniniya Sutras.