A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.25

v1.c17.25

It is not clear which Caraka is meant in a passage of Jayantabhaṭṭa’s Nyāyamañjarī,86 where Caraka and others are described as able to reach a decision, by means of perception (pratyakṣa), on the power (śakti) of substances (padārtha), either combined or single (samastavyasta), relative to the variability of country, time, the individual (puruṣa), and the stage of the life cycle (daśā).87