Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3682
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3682
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VĀGBHAṬA. A Sanskrit scholar who lived in the 12th century A.D. He is the author of the two medical books ‘Aṣṭāṅga-saṅgraha’ and ‘Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya’. Another work called ‘Neminirvāṇa’ is also written by Vāgbhaṭa. This work deals with the story of Neminātha, a Jain hermit.