A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.20

v1.c17.20

These interpretations appear to be too specific for the vagueness of the references. Moreover, the term caraka is employed to designate not only a member of various, usually religious, groups, but it has diverse other meanings too. 65 It may denote a follower of a particular Vedic school, a wandering religious student, 66 a performer of a type of acrobatics, 67 a person of low social status, 68 a glutton, 69 a spy, 70 etc.