A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.4

v1.c19.4

The Tibetan medical tradition is acquainted with a work called Ca-ra-ka sde-brgyad,⁷ apparently thought to be related to the Carakasaṃhitā. The eight parts of this treatise were, according to the Tibetan tradition, written down by Nam-so-skyes and seven co-disciples:⁸ Thaṅ-la-ḥbar,⁹ Rkaṅ-gñis-spyod,¹⁰ Ḥdrob-skyoṅ-bu,¹¹ Me-bźin-ḥjug,¹² Lug-sna,¹³ Mu-khyud-ḥjin,¹⁴ and Bśol-ḥgro-skyes.¹⁵ This group of eight, to whom Indra transmitted the science, descended from the devas on the paternal side, but had a human mother.¹⁶