A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.43

v1.c17.43

Scholars defending the thesis that the Caraka of the Carakasaṃhitā is directly related to the Vedic school often assign him to a very early period. Others, not convinced of this relationship or rejecting it, regard him, nevertheless, as a very ancient authority, anterior to Pāṇini, identical with Patañjali, 117 or dating from before the period of Buddha’s activity.