A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.8

v1.c17.8

G. Hāldār advanced as his view that the Caraka of Kaniṣka’s court was actually Kapilabala,³³ the father of Dr̥ḍhabala; he called this physician, to whom he attributed a *Kapilabalatantra*, the *Navīnacaraka*, and supposed him to have enriched the already existing *Carakasamhitā* with the comments of Patañjali (the *Patañjalavārttika*), to which he owed the title of Caraka.³⁴