[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Indian Medical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999) › v1.c19.4 # A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.4 A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.4 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.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 - [Previous: v1.c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.3) - [Next: v1.c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.5) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.4) · Pramāṇa