[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c3.22 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c3.22 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c3.22 - **Language:** English ### [c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.22) The next compilation on Hindu Medicine is said to be the Ashtánga-hridaya-sanhitá by Sinha Gupta Sena Vágbhatta. This work is a mere compilation from Charaka and Susruta methodically arranged. It contains little or nothing that is original or that is not to be found in the works from which it was compiled. This circumstance, together with the fact of Vágbhatta being always mentioned by later writers as an old authority, seems to show that his work was compiled not long after those of Charaka and Susruta. Like these two writers he does not mention the use of mercury in the treatment of diseases. - [Previous: c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.21) - [Next: c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.23) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.22) · Pramāṇa