A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c19.9

v1.c19.9

The biography of G-yu-thog yon-tan mgon-po mentions six systems of medicine: the system of binding diseases by spells, which belongs to the Asuras, the Gso-dpyad ḥbum-pa of Brahmā, the Bodhisattva system, laid down in a text called the Mercy of self-release, the Ca-ra-ka sde-brgyad of the ṛṣis, the Mahādevatantra of the non-Buadhists, and the Rigs-gsum mgon-po rgyud of the Buddhists.