Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c17.26

c17.26

p. 7. § 4—Other medical authors probably contemporary to Cakradatta were : Bhavyadatta, Govardhana, Vakulakara, Umāpati, Trilocanadāsa. They come from Bengal and are repeatedly quoted by Niścalakara. cf. D. C. Bhattacharya, *New Light on Vaidyaka Literature*, IHQ, June 1947. Other editions of Vangasena's *Cikitsāsārasaṃgraha* are : (1) Jīva. Vidya. 2nd edn, 1893 (2) Venkateshvar press, Bombay, with Hindi trans. (3) Nandakumar Goswami, Calcutta, 1889. According to Prof. Nalininath Dasgupta (IC III pt. i, p. 150) Vangasena flourished in the 13th cen. But P. K. Gode has proved him to have flourished before 1200 A. D., vide his article in IC III, pt. iii. pp. 535-43.