[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.c19.7 # A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.7 A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.7) 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 - [Previous: v1.c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.6) - [Next: v1.c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.8) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c19.7) · Pramāṇa