A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.14

v1.c17.14

Solid evidence for linking the Caraka of the Chinese sources with the author of the *Carakasamhitā* is entirely lacking. This has already been emphasized by J. Filliozat,⁵² D. Chattopadhyaya,⁵³ and others. Several persons, among them physicians, who roamed about the country, may have been called thus, 54 as individuals or as members of groups known as carakāḥ.