A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.19

v1.c17.19

P.V. Sharma is convinced that these references to carakas agree with the type of practitioner described in the *Carakasaṃhitā*, a yāyāvara without fixed abode, devoting his life to the search for knowledge and to solving the health problems of the people. 63 The Gulabkunverba team regards a caraka as the secular equivalent of the religious-minded parivrājaka. 64