A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.7
A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.7
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Several stories are known about the Ca-ra-ka sde-brgyad. One of these²⁴ tells that the medical science was taught to Yid-las skyes²⁵ and other attendants by Rig-paḥi Ye-śes,²⁶ and emanation of Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha; the treatise transmitted was the Rgyud-bźi, but the only one to grasp its whole meaning was Yid-las skyes. The Deva attendants heard it as the medical text called Gso-dpyad ḥbum-pa,²⁷ the Buddhists as the Rigs-gsum mgon-po,²⁸ the ṛṣis as the Ca-ra-ka sde-brgyad, and the Hindus as the Dbaṅ-phyug nag-poḥi rgyud.²⁹