Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c17.59

c17.59

p.16.l.35—Jaijjaṭa or Jaiyyaṭa who is said to have written a comm. on Su, has also commented upon Caraka (edn. Lahore, 1941). He was a disciple of Bahata (Vāgbhaṭa) according to the several colophons of the printed fragment and has quoted many earlier commentators. His date is 875-900 A. D. cf. D. C. Bhattacharya, *New Light on Vaidyaka Literature*, IHQ, June 1947. Gayadāsa is another commentator of Caraka. See note to p. 14. l. 33. Svāmikumāra wrote a comm. called Carakapañjikā. He was a buddhist and refers to Haricandra—an old commentator of Caraka. Haricandra also called Hariścandra or Bhaṭṭārahariścandra wrote a comm. called Carakanyāsa. A MS containing comm. on the first three adhyāyas of Sūtra, is at the G. O. M. Library, Madras. Pandit Mastaram Shastri of Ravalpindi has partly published it. Hariścandra flourished in the 6th cen. A. D. According to Y. T. Acharya (Caraka Sam. intro. N. S. press, Bombay, 1940) he flourished in the 5th cen. Bāṇabhaṭṭa in his Harṣacarita (1.17) and Jejjaṭa in his comm. have referred to Haricandra. He was the court-physician of king Sahasāṅka. Maheśvara, the author of Viśvaprakāśa (1111 A. D.), himself proud of his knowledge of Vaidyaka, was born of a family of physicians claiming descent from Haricandra. Haricandra also wrote a revised version of Khāraṇāda Saṃhitā and also composed a medical Saṃhitā of his own. cf. D. C. Bhattacharya, IHQ, June 1947; *Kalpadrukosa*, intro. p. xxviii.