The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.48

c13.s6.48

At this time the son of Dhanya or Dhanin was the director of the hospital at Bagdad. A Hindu physician named Kanka was also practising there. Atri's work on drinkables was introduced to the people. Vedavyāsa’s work on wisdom or philosophy, allied perhaps to Bādarāyana's *Vedānta* philosophy, was likewise to be found among the Sanskrit texts known in the Saracen capital. This may have had some part in the formation of Arabian Sufism. A *Jātaka* by Satyavarman perhaps belonged also to the Indian literature imported into the Saracen Empire under Harun. Vyāghra's book on the signs of swords and a work on astrology attributed to SNGHL, a name which it is difficult to decipher, are likewise mentioned. The Buddhist story adapted in Christian literature under the title of *Joasaph and Barlaam*, as well as some of the fables of Buddhaghoṣa relating to the cunning of women were also rendered available in Arabic during this period.