History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.38

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This hypothesis is corroborated by a newly found manuscript entitled *Gandhasāra* of Sri Gaṅgādhara (1500 A.D), with a Marathi commentary called *Gandhavada* by an unknown commentator, in which the author calls himself a *kovida* in the *gandhaśāstra*, who composed the work after consulting many earlier authors on the subject who are significantly called *gandhagamajñāḥ*, experts in the traditional technique of perfumery. It also states that one should undertake the proper processes of *pācanadhūpana*, *bodhana* and others as known traditionally from those who are well-versed in the Veda and other *śāstras* through oral transmission.⁹