A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.84

v1.c17.84

Not much attention has been given to the relationship between Caraka and the Pūrvamīmāmsā for the reason that influences can hardly be detected. S.P. Gupta,215 one of those who see traces of this school in the *Carakasamhitā*, points to the term niyati, the mention of a yājñikasamaya,216 the references to homa, daivavyapāśraya, etc. Jyotir Mitra217 also examined the connections between the *Carakasamhitā* and the Pūrvamīmāmsā. He discusses the samayas,218 the importance of homa,219 and a number of other subjects. His reflections are based on the conviction that the elements noticed are due to Ātreya Punarvasu, whom he regards as a contemporary of Bādarāyaṇa, the teacher of Jaimini, who wrote the *Mīmāmsāsūtras*.220