A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.40

v1.c17.40

Dṛḍhabala’s reasons for crediting Caraka with an old treatise, incompletely preserved, are obscure. It may have been known already as such in his times, he may have chosen Caraka’s name on account of its Vedic associations, if these were known to him, or he may have had a representative of some group of Carakas in mind. 114 All this remains highly speculative.