A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.11

v1.c17.11

One of the problems with the name Caraka and its association with the *Carakasamhitā* is its late appearance in medical literature, a feature noticed and rightly stressed by P.V. Sharma.⁴⁵ Dr̥ḍhabala is the first author to refer to Caraka as the one who revised (*sams-kr-*) an earlier treatise, which, though not named, is usually assumed to be the work known as *Agniveśatantra*.⁴⁶ Cakrapāṇidatta mentions both Caraka and Dr̥ḍhabala as *samskārakas*.⁴⁷ It is in the colophons of the *Carakasamhitā* only that Caraka appears as the *pratisamskartar* of the *Agniveśatantra*.